221. _What determines Accent?_
The usage of our best speakers and writers of the present.

222. _To whom does it belong to determine and record such usage?_
The Lexicographers.

223. _Are there any cases in which we can trace the reason for the
accent?_
There are; in discriminating accent where it is used to determine
the parts of speech.

224. _Do we ever have two sets of Antitheses in the same sentence?_
We do; as each member may contain an antithesis.

225. _Give an example._
John was hurt; William escaped.

226. _How many sets of Antitheses may be used in one sentence?_
Often three; but seldom more.

227. _Should there be any difference in the tone of voice used in
reading verse and prose?_
There should be a difference.

228. _What different style ought to be used?_
The monotone and rising inflection are more frequently used in
verse than in prose.

229. _What is the greatest difficulty met with in reading or
declaiming poetic selections?_
In giving it that measured flow which distinguishes it from prose,
without falling into a continued monotone.

230. _What is a good method to break up this habit?_
Reduce the selection to prose, and deliver it in an earnest,
conversational style.

231. _Why should there be a short pause at the end of each line of
poetry, even where the sense does not require it?_
In order that the measure of the poem may be more perceptible to
the ear.

232. _What is it that constitutes the melody of a poem?_
The pauses and accents chiefly.

233. _What rule should govern the reader in the use of pauses and
accents?_
Use variety, and not make them too prominent.

234. _What tone of voice should be used in reading a Simile in
poetry?_
The simile should be read in a lower tone than the rest of the
passage.

235. _What, with regard to the voice, is an important object to
every speaker and reader?_
The important object is to have a full, even tone of voice.

236. _What key of the voice should be most diligently improved?_
The natural key, or that which is used most.

237. _What is meant by the natural key or pitch?_
That which is peculiar to the individual, and in which he can use
most easily to himself, and most agreeably to others.

238. _How can the natural tone