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Alexander Bain

Alexander Bain. Discrimination Retentiveness Agreement. Bain’s Influence. Paragraph Unity Modes of Discourse Description Narration Exposition Persuasion. Intellectual Qualities. Clearness Simplicity (intelligibility) Impressiveness Picturesqueness.

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Alexander Bain

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  1. Alexander Bain

  2. Discrimination Retentiveness Agreement

  3. Bain’s Influence • Paragraph Unity • Modes of Discourse • Description • Narration • Exposition • Persuasion

  4. Intellectual Qualities • Clearness • Simplicity (intelligibility) • Impressiveness • Picturesqueness

  5. Clearness(Answers with one quoted and one original example) • What is it? • What contributes to it? • What obstructs it? • How can we best deal with ambiguity?

  6. Simplicity • What is it? • How is simplicity distinct from clearness? • Discuss simplicity of terms vs. simplicity of structure. • How is simplicity affected by generality/abstractness and specificity/concreteness?

  7. Impressiveness • What is it? • What are some strategies for making our writing or speaking more impressive? • P. 260 (I-VI) • What role does emotion play in impressiveness? (read ex. On page 263)

  8. Picturesqueness • What is it and what are its aims? • Discuss these strategies for picturesque descriptions: • Vocabulary (p. 267) • Structure (Plan & Parts) (p. 268) • Mutual Support (p. 270) • Individualizing (p. 271)

  9. Picturesque Cont. • Action (271) • Associated Circumstances (272) • Central and Suggestive features (273) • Respective demands of Intellect and Emotion (277)

  10. Analysis • Choose one of the extended examples from literature that Bain analyzes from 278 (after “Promiscuous”) to end of book. • Read the excerpt or poem • Explain Bain’s criticism of it • Discuss how the criticism matches (or deviates from) the principles previously discussed.

  11. Picturesqueness Activity! • Applying all of Bain’s principles and breaking none of them, compose a bite-sized paragraph (to be read aloud) on one of these topics: • A lovely scenic view (of the Mississippi River, perhaps) (see 300) • A description of a famous person or celebrity (Obama, Bush, etc.) modeled on the Queen of Scots passage (see 278-279)

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