10. Short talks were made by the captain, the coach, and by the
faculty.

11. At this school one can study to be a doctor, dentist,
farmer, a lawyer, or an engineer.

12. I like to cross the harbor on the ferry, to dodge in and
out among the ships, see the gulls dart among the waves, smell
the sharp tang of salty air, and to feel the rocking motion of
the boat.

13. In the sultry autumn, and when the winter's storms came,
and when in spring the winds whistled, and in the summer's
heat, he always wore the same old coat.

14. He knew that if he did not ignite the piece of wet bark
this time, that he could not dry his clothing or broil the
bacon.

15. The next speaker said that the need was critical, the
schools must be enlarged, and that the paving now begun must be
completed, and a new board of health should be created, that
the interest on past debts had to be paid, and the city
treasury was at this moment out of funds.

EMPHASIS

=Emphasis by Position=

=40. Reserve the emphatic positions in a sentence for important words or
ideas. (The emphatic positions are the beginning and the end--especially
the end.)=

Weak ending: Then like a flash a vivid memory of my uncle's
death came to me.

Weak: I demand the release of the prisoners, in the first
place.

Weak: This principle is one we cannot afford to accept, if my
understanding of the question is correct.

Place the important idea at the end. Secure, if possible, an emphatic
beginning. "Tuck in" unimportant modifiers.

Emphatic: Like a flash came to me a vivid memory of my uncle's
death.

Emphatic: I demand, in the first place, the release of the
prisoners.

Emphatic: This principle, if my understanding of the question
is correct, is one we cannot afford to accept.

Exercise:

1. "War is inevitable," he said.

2. The cat had been poisoned to all appearances.

3. There are several methods of learning to swim, as everyone
knows.

4. A liar is as bad as a thief, in my estimation.

5. He saw a fight below him in the street, happening to look
out of the window.

=Emphasis by Separation=

=41. An idea which needs much emphasis may be detached, and allowed to
stand in a sentence by itself.=

Faulty: The flames were by this time beyon