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Excerpt from English Papers in Examinations for Pupils of School Age in England and Wales
Besides these exercises in connected written composition, other questions may be set, to be answered more shortly, as tests in regard to vocabulary, sentence-construction, and the like. Candidates may be asked to explain and put into other words similes, metaphors, and other figures of speech, and (in order to Show command and precision of vocabulary) to frame sentences introducing given words of similar meaning. Care must be taken in this test to avoid words which the candidates would not meet in ordinary reading or conversa tion, neither must over-subtle distinction in the use of words be required. In addition to these constructive exercises, there should be some test of elementary critical power; but when the candidate is asked to criticize a passage which is faulty in expression, it should not be one of high emotional or intellectual value, and should exemplify only such faults as he can be expected to notice and correct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
