He never makes a bungling leap, and his course is marked
by a number of sinuous curves almost equal to those of a snake. He is here
one minute, and the next he has slipped away almost beyond the ability of
our eyes to follow.
--F. Schuyler Matthews: _American Nut Gatherers_.
+Theme XCI.+--_Write a paragraph explaining one of the propositions below
by means of repetition._
1. Physical training should be made compulsory in the high school.
2. Some people who seem to be selfish are not really so.
3. The dangers of athletic contests are overestimated.
4. The Monroe Doctrine is a warning to European powers to keep their hands
off territory in North and South America.
5. By the "treadmill of life" we mean the daily routine of duties.
6. The thirst for novelty is one of the most powerful incentives that take
a man to distant countries.
7. There are unquestionably increasing opportunities for an honorable and
useful career in the civil service of the United States.
(Have you used any method besides that of repetition? Does your paragraph
really explain the proposition?)
+165. Exposition by Use of Examples.+--Exposition treats of general
subjects, and the topic statement of a paragraph is, therefore, a general
statement. In order to understand what such a general statement means, the
reader may need to think of a concrete case. The writer may develop his
paragraph by furnishing concrete cases.
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