Excerpt from Model English, Vol. 1: The Development of Thought The present book was formerly called Imitation and Analysis. The briefer and more suggestive title of Model English is now given to the book. The subtitle, The Development of Thought, explains the exact difference between Book I of the course and Book II, which has for a sub-title, The Qualities of Style. Rhetoric or the art of composition has from the beginning recognized three stages in writing or speaking. After the subject has been chosen, the first work of composition is to find material which will prove and amplify the subject. This stage was known as inventio and is called here Development of Thought. After the material has been gathered, it must be arranged. This stage was called dispositio or Arrangement of Thought. Both books of the series treat adequately of the ordering of thought, a stage which requires, at best, but brief discussion. The last stage is the actual expression of the developed thought and was called elocutio, which corresponds to what is comprehensively described as Style. The second book of this course in English, the sub-title of which is The Qualities of Style, keeps in view throughout the third stage of composition. Very early in the history of composition, teachers of the art classified under different headings the various sources of proofs used in establishing and amplifying a statement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com