• “Ugly Duckling, The,” 25.
• Undistributed middle, 131.
• Unity, 20;
  • in narration, 21, 22;
  • in description, 56-64;
  • in exposition, 102, 103;
  • in argument, 138;
  • in paragraphs, 173;
  • in sentences, 205.
• “Uses of Astronomy, The,” quotation from, 72.

• Value of observation, 55.
• “Vanity Fair,” example of a plot, 19;
  • quotation from, 157.
• Variations in metre, 276-284.
• Verbs in description, 79.
• Verne, Jules, 12.
• Verse, a, definition of, 273;
  • how named, 275.
• Verse forms, 269-291.
• “Village Blacksmith, The,” quotation from, 279, 280.
• “Vision of Sir Launfal, The,” 13;
  • quotation from, 67.
• Vocabulary, need of, 236.
• Vulgarisms, 240.

• “Wake Robin,” 9.
• Webster, Daniel, quotation from, to illustrate paragraph structure, 176;
  • his use of words, 247.
• “Wee Willie Winkie,” its climax, 21.
• Wendell, Barrett, quotation on printed words from, 94.
• Whittier, John G., his “Barbara Frietchie” and “Snow-Bound” as narratives, 4.
• Wilkins, Miss, small number of characters in her books, 35.
• 318 Wolfe, Charles, “The Burial of Sir John Moore” quoted, 277.
• Words, 235-256;
  • choice of, 78, 79, 80, 254-260;
  • reputable, 240, 241;
  • national, 242;
  • in present use, 244, 245;
  • Latin and Saxon, 245-248;
  • general and specific, 248-252.
• “Wordsworth,” Arnold’s essay on, quotations from, 158, 167;
  • “The Daisy” quoted, 274.