CHAPTER I NARRATION

Narration,

which is but another name for story- we practice every day. Whether we speak in conversation of what we have done or seen others do, or retell the doings that we have heard or read of, or recount past events in a letter to a friend, it is all narration, good or bad according to the subject- matter and our skill in handling it. Here, then, is the natural point at which to begin the study of com¬position: the material is easily found, the process itself is interesting, and the results, when good, can be readily appreciated.

I. CHRONICLE

II. INCIDENT

III. PLOT