a hot-water heating-plant.
III. Analytical Discussion
1. Note the framework:
(a) "Four W's"--Par. 1.
(b) First Floor--
Par. 2. Main Hall.
Par. 3. Right Side.
Par. 4. Left Side.
Par. 5. Floors and Walls.
(c) Second Floor--Par. 6.
(d) Third Floor. Par. 7.
(e) Cellar--Par. 8.
2. _Words._ Define and explain the etymology of "suburban,"
"located," "reinforced," "concrete," "Colonial," "reception,"
"piazza," "porch," "refrigerator," "separated," "except,"
"servant," "closet," "effect."
3. _Sentences._ (a) Tell whether they are simple, complex, or
compound. (b) Do any of them lack unity?
4. _Paragraphs._ (a) Can you find any violations of paragraph
unity? (b) Observe that the following particulars are
mentioned in Par. 1: location, material, shape, color, size. Is
the same plan used in describing each room? In order to
determine this, make a list of the items that are mentioned in
explaining the construction of each.
5. _Transition._ Point out all of the transition words in the
model.
6. _Figures of Speech._ Find a metaphor and an antithesis in the
model.
IV. Model II
The _Arizona_ is the latest and greatest addition to the battle
fleet of the United States.
Her displacement is 31,400 tons, her length over all 600 feet,
her maximum breadth 97 feet, and her draft under normal
conditions 28 feet, 10 inches. Parsons's turbines of 29,000
horse-power give her a speed of 21 knots. Her fuel supply is
2322 tons of oil. She carries a crew of 1000 men. Her cost was
$16,000,000.
Her armament consists of twelve fourteen-inch and twenty-two
five-inch guns, four three-pounders for the launches, two
three-inch guns for salutes, and four twenty-two-inch torpedo
tubes. The big guns are mounted in four turrets, two forward and
two aft, each containing three guns. The turrets nearer to the
middle of the ship are enough higher than the forward and aft
turrets to permit their guns to be fired directly ahead and
astern respectively. This arrangement permits the concentration
of six guns forward, six aft, and twelve on either broadside.
This vessel is probably armored more heavily than any other
warship afloat. Her main belt is sixteen inches thick, while the
_Iron Duke_, one of the latest British dreadnoughts, carr
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