21. _In polysyllables, where is the accent?_ On the antepenult usually.

22. _In all words ending in ation, where is the accent?_ On the syllable next to the last.

23. _What is Emphatic accent?_ Accent used for emphatic distinction.

24. _Have monosyllables any accent?_ They have sometimes an emphatic, or poetic.

25. _What is Discriminating accent?_ That used to determine parts of speech.

26, _Give some examples._ Au"gust, Au-gust"; Reb"el, Re-bel".

27, _What is Punctuation?_ The use of certain characters to aid the reader in determining the thought of the writer.

28. _How many kinds of punctuation are there?_ Four.

29. _What are they?_ Rhetorical, Etymological, for Reference, and for the Printer.

30. _What is Rhetorical punctuation?_ That used for rhetorical effect.

31. _What is Etymological punctuation?_ That used in Orthography and Orthoepy.

32. _What is Reference punctuation?_ That used to refer the reader to the margin of the page.

33. _What is punctuation for the Printer?_ That used by the writer to inform the printer the kind of type to use.

34. _What are the princ.i.p.al Etymological points?_ Apostrophe, Caret, Dieresis, Macron, Breve, Tilde, Grave Accent, Acute Accent, Circ.u.mflex Accent, Hyphen, and Period.

35. _What is the use of the Apostrophe?_ To indicate the omission of a letter, or letters, of a word.

36. _What letter is omitted in the word o"clock?_ The letter f.

37. _What is the use of the Caret?_ To correct an error of omission.

38. _Is the Caret used in printed copy or ma.n.u.script?_ In ma.n.u.script.

39. _For what is the Dieresis used?_ To separate two vowels which would otherwise form a diphthong.

40. _Give an example of the use of the Dieresis._ Zoology, and Dieresis.

41. _What is the use of the Macron?_ To mark the long quant.i.ty of syllables.

42. _What is a long syllable?_ One in which the vowel has the long sound.

43. _What is the use of the Breve?_ To mark the short quant.i.ty of syllables.

44. _What is a short syllable?_ One in which the vowel has the short sound.

45. _What kind of a mark is the Tilde?_ A Spanish mark.

46. _How many uses has the Tilde?_ Two.

47. _What are they?_ Placed over _n_ it gives the sound of _ny_ as, in canon. In English it indicates certain sounds of the vowels.

48. _How many accent marks are there?_ Three.

49. _What are they?_ Grave, Acute, and Circ.u.mflex.

50. _What is the use of the Grave accent?_ To mark the falling inflection.

51. _What is the use of the Acute accent?_ To mark the primary accent, and the rising inflection.

52. _What is the use of the Circ.u.mflex?_ To mark the peculiar inflection of the voice in the p.r.o.nunciation of a word.

53. _How many uses has the Hyphen?_ Three.

54. _What are they?_ To separate the parts of a compound word; to separate a word into syllables; and to divide a word at the end of a line.

55. _When should the Hyphen be used in a compound word?_ When the word has not become permanently compounded.

56. _When use the Dieresis instead of the Hyphen?_ When the syllables are divided by the hyphen, there is no hyphen used between the vowels of the digraph.

57. _What is the use of the Period?_ To denote an abbreviation.

58. _Are there any other uses of the Period?_ There are.

59. _Where else is the Period used?_ In Rhetorical punctuation.

60. _Name the points used in Reference punctuation._ Asterisk, Obelisk, Parallels, Section, Paragraph, and Index.

61. _Are these marks ever doubled?_ They are.

62. _Are Letters ever used for reference?_ They are.

DIACRITICAL MARKS.

1. _What are Diacritical Marks?_ Characters indicating the different sounds of letters.

2. _Name the Diacritical Marks._ Macron, Breve, Dieresis, Semi-Dieresis, Caret, Tilde, Cedilla, and the inverted T.

3. _Make the Diacritical Marks in the order named:_ (); ([breve]); (); (); ([caret]); (~); (); ([T]).

4. _What does the Macron indicate?_ Over a vowel, its long sound; under e, the sound of a, long; across c, the sound of k; over g, the hard sound; across th, the subvocal sound, and over oo, the long sound.

5. _What are the uses of the Breve?_ Over vowels, it indicates their short sound, and over oo, its short sound.

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