the story of it as you would tell it to another baseball player who did not see the game; as you would tell it to your mother; as you would tell it if you were a reporter for a newspaper. XIX. Select a story from Ivanhoe, or The Last of the Mohicans, or Poe's Tales, or Browning's Poems. Point out the action, the suspense, the climax, in each. What proportion of Description and Exposition does each contain? Place two of them side by side and compare them carefully. XX. Outline and write two different narratives suggested by the picture on the opposite page. XXI. Outline and write a composition on one of the following imaginary situations: When I lived beneath the sea. When I was a nightingale. When I took an air trip. When I was an auto. When I lived in China. XXII. Invent a story somewhat like Young Lochinvar (quoted below). Write it in the first person. elements in it. Modernize all the LOCHINVAR Sir Walter Scott O young Lochinvar is come out of the West, He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby hall, 'Mong bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all: "I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied ; The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up, So stately his form, and so lovely her face, While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. "She is won! we are gone! over bank, bush, and scar; They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochinvar. There was mounting 'mong Græmes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran; There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? XXIII. Imagine yourself a medieval knight. Outline and write the story of one of your adventures. Then modernize the story and make the same adventure take place in this country now. XXIV. Tell the story of Lochinvar 1. As Lochinvar told it in his old age. 2. As the bride told it after the elopement. 3. As the mother of the bride told it to her friend. 4. As one of those who followed Lochinvar and his bride 1. Tell the story of Roland's arrival at Aix as one of the citizens would tell it. 2. Tell the story in the person of the horse Roland. 3. Tell the story as one of the vanquished riders would tell it. 4. Write the story of an important race back to Ghent in which Roland figures. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX Robert Browning I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; "Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; |