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Steps in English, composition-rhetoric . poor; one showing an uneducated pauper who hasbecome very wealthy by the death of a relative; one picturing theinnocence and sunshine of a little girl, or of a six-months old babe. Select from your own experience any incident suitable to apastel, and draw the picture. Write a prose poem suggested by the Frontispiece, Awaitingthe Absent; by Lincolns School Hours, page 38; by Newsof the Far Away Son, page 82; by At El Caney, page100; by Grandmothers Birthday, page 226. Exercise. Write an informal friendly note asking a person to go skatingwith you. Write
Steps in English, composition-rhetoric . poor; one showing an uneducated pauper who hasbecome very wealthy by the death of a relative; one picturing theinnocence and sunshine of a little girl, or of a six-months old babe. Select from your own experience any incident suitable to apastel, and draw the picture. Write a prose poem suggested by the Frontispiece, Awaitingthe Absent; by Lincolns School Hours, page 38; by Newsof the Far Away Son, page 82; by At El Caney, page100; by Grandmothers Birthday, page 226. Exercise. Write an informal friendly note asking a person to go skatingwith you. Write the answer. You are away from home. Your father has been ill for severalweeks. Write a letter to the family physician asking him con-cerning the real condition of your father, and inquiring whetherhe feels that it would be wiser for you to come home. Write such a newsy, sunshiny letter as you might write to yourmother when you were thoroughly enjoying yourself on a vacation. Write a letter to the manager of a hotel asking him whether he. After the Picture by Hubert von HerkoimrOUT OF WOHK234 THE PROSE POEM 235 can reserve for the banquet of your literary society the evening ofthe 17th proximo. Ask concerning the cost per plate for thenumber that will likely attend, and inquire concerning the addi-tional cost if he provides an his reply. Out of Work After the Picture by Hubert von Herkomer Ex. I. What is your feeling as you look at this picture? Doesthis feeling increase or diminish as you study the picture? Whatdetails cause this feeling? How does the feeling of the motherdiffer from that of the father? That of the daughter from thatof the mother? Is a similar feeling shown in the face of the httlechild? Would this man work if he had an opportunity? Howlong has he been without work? Does this family live carefullyor extravagantly when the father is working? Why your answer? Just how is the mans mood made known to us by the artist?The womans? The daughters? What
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