LESSON X.—­OF THE CURVES.

1.  What is the use of the Curves, or Marks of Parenthesis? 2.  How many rules are there for the Curves? 3.  What are their titles, or heads? 4.  What says Rule 1st of the Parenthesis? 5.  What says Rule 2d of Included Points?

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Curves in Section Eighth.]

LESSON XI.—­OF THE OTHER MARKS.

1.  What is the use of the Apostrophe? 2.  What is the use of the Hyphen? 3.  What is the use of the Diaeresis, or Dialysis? 4.  What is the use of the Acute Accent? 5.  What is the use of the Grave Accent? 6.  What is the use of the Circumflex? 7.  What is the use of the Breve, or Stenotone? 8.  What is the use of the Macron, or Macrotone? 9.  What is the use of the Ellipsis, or Suppression? 10.  What is the use of the Caret? 11.  What is the use of the Brace? 12.  What is the use of the Section? 13.  What is the use of the Paragraph? 14.  What is the use of the Guillemets, or Quotation Points? 15.  How do we mark a quotation within a quotation? 16.  What is the use of the Crotchets, or Brackets? 17.  What is the use of the Index, or Hand? 18.  What are the six Marks of Reference in their usual order? 19.  How can references be otherwise made? 20.  What is the use of the Asterism, or the Three Stars? 21.  What is the use of the Cedilla?

[Having correctly answered the foregoing questions, the pupil should be taught to apply the principles of punctuation; and, for this purpose, he may be required to read a portion of some accurately pointed book, or may be directed to turn to the Fourteenth Praxis, beginning on p. 821,—­and to assign a reason for every mark he finds.]

LESSON XII.—­OF UTTERANCE.

1.  What is Utterance? 2.  What does it include? 3.  What is articulation? 4.  How does articulation differ from pronunciation? 5.  How does Comstock define it? 6.  What, in his view, is a good articulation? 7.  How does Bolles define articulation? 8.  Is a good articulation important? 9.  What are the faults opposite to it? 10.  What says Sheridan, of a good articulation? 11.  Upon what does distinctness depend? 13.  Why is just articulation better than mere loudness? 13.  Do we learn to articulate in learning to speak or read?

LESSON XIII.—­OF PRONUNCIATION.