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(6) The frightened hunter climbed a tree.

Tell how he reached the tree, how he scrambled up.

Did the bear follow? What did Bruin do when the hunter climbed beyond his reach?

(7) The second man appeared and rescued his friend.

How did the second hunter come up? Did the man in the tree see him? Did Bruin see him? How did he rescue his friend?

Under each paragraph sentence are given questions or suggestions that will help you make up the whole paragraph. Be sure to put in each paragraph all that belongs there and nothing

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Try to make your story interesting and exciting. The last paragraph should be the best.

X. WRITING ORIGINAL STORIES FROM

ORIGINAL OUTLINES

In the story, The First Voyage of Columbus, on page 202, the author tells the story of events in the exact order in which they occurred. He tells us that Columbus tried for years to get some country to send him on a voyage, that at last Spain came to his help, that he fitted out his ships and secured sailors, that he sailed, that he met dangers and hardships on the voyage, and, finally, that he landed in the New World.

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The author does not tell us first of the dangers of the voyage, then of the securing of the ships; nor does he tell of the landing and then go back and tell of the sailing. In telling or writing a story, the events are commonly given in the order in which they occur.

Here are some titles for stories:

An Exciting Journey

A Visit

My First Fish

My First Day at School

An Automobile Ride
A Camping Party
A Picnic

Choose one of the above titles and write a story from it. It may be a true story either an account of an experience of your own or of a friend or you may make up the story.

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Before writing, make an outline, giving a topic for each paragraph that you are going to write. Write the outline on a piece of scrap paper and keep it before you on your desk. In writing, follow your outline, being careful to put under each topic all the ideas that belong to that topic, and no others, just as you did in telling the story of The Hunt.

When you have finished, read your story through to see if you have grouped your sentences into paragraphs according to the topics in your outline.

Read your story through once more to see if you have told the events in their right order, just as they happened.

XI.

WORDS IN A SERIES

Read the following sentences:

1. Mary and Fannie and Tom and John are at the old homestead.

2. They came to visit their grandfather and grandmother and their uncle Tom and uncle Will.

3. They love the old house and the big barn and the broad fields and the clean air.

4. They love the good and strong and kind and patient horses.

Which word is used too frequently in these four sentences?

Read the first sentence, omitting all but the last "and."

Observe the slight pause you naturally make after each of the first three names. We show this pause in writing by a comma, thus:

Mary, Fannie, Tom, and John are at the old homestead.

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Read the second sentence, omitting every "and" but the last.

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In writing this sentence, what mark should be used in place of each "and" omitted? A comma must also be used after "uncle Tom,' even though the "and" here is not omitted. This comma is used because you make a slight pause here. Read the sentence without making this pause and notice how odd it sounds.

Read the third sentence, omitting every "and" but the last.

In writing this sentence, what mark should be used in place of each "and" omitted?

Read the fourth sentence, omitting each "and" but the last.

In writing this sentence, where should commas be used?

In the first sentence above, "Mary," "Fannie," "Tom," and "John" make a series of words; they are all names of persons.

In the fourth sentence above, "good," "strong," "kind," and "patient," make a series of words; these words all tell something about the horses.

What series of words is in the second sentence above? What series is in the third sentence?

The comma is used to separate the words of a series when the connecting word is omitted.

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Rewrite the above sentences, omitting all unnecessary "ands" and supplying commas where needed.

XII. SUPPLYING COMMAS1

XIII. A REVIEW OF THE USES OF THE COMMA

Read the following short story:

"John, come here," called Mrs. Archer one morning.

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Yes, I am coming," replied John. What do you want, Mother?

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"I want you to look at this room," said his mother. John looked around. Over the floor were scattered boots, skates, balls, books, and bedding. The bureau. was buried beneath a mountain of ties, caps, collars, cuffs, and socks.

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Have you had an earthquake here, my son?" asked Mrs. Archer.

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Oh, no," replied John, "I was looking for a collar button."

Find all the commas in this story and tell why each is used.

The new use of the comma that you learned in Section XI occurs in the fourth paragraph. Study it in this way:

1 Note to the teacher: Material for this exercise is given in your Manual, page 171.

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