lost his own life in savin' two more, and now--now he's there, away in there!"

she repeats, pointing to the cruel oven.

 

The engines do their work. The flames die out. An eerie gloom hangs over the

ruins like a formidable, blackened pall.

 

And the noon of night is passed.

 

--ARDENNES JONES-FOSTER.

 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 

1. Write two paragraphs on one of these: the race horse, the motor boat,

golfing, tennis; let the first be pure exposition and the second pure

description.

 

2. Select your own theme and do the same in two short extemporaneous speeches.

 

3. Deliver a short original address in the over-ornamented style.

 

4. (_a_) Point out its defects; (_b_) recast it in a more effective style; (_c_)

show how the one surpasses the other.

 

5. Make a list of ten subjects which lend themselves to description in the style

you prefer.