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THE PRACTICE OF ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE OF ARGUMENTATION
Section Page
THE PROPOSITION
ANALYZING THE PROPOSITION
Excluding irrelevant matter 27
Admitting matters not vital to the argument 28
EVIDENCE
Reports and pamphlets issued by organizations 46
Reports and documents issued by the government 48
CONSTRUCTING THE BRIEF
Specimen student brief 91
CONSTRUCTING THE ARGUMENT
A. Natural attention 96
B. Assumed attention 97
A. Immediate statement of purpose 98
B. Illustrative story 100
C. Quotations 101
A. Appropriate treatment 103
a. Adaptation to speaker or writer 103
b. Adaptation to audience or reader 103
c. Adaptation to time or occasion 106
B. Logical structure 106
C. Style 107
a. Elements of style 108
Vocabulary 108
Sentences 109
Paragraphs 110
b. Qualities of style 110
Clearness 110
Force 117
Elegance 120
A. Convenience 122
B. Pleasure 123
C. Profit 123
REBUTTAL
A. Material acquired in constructing the argument 129
B. Books, papers, and documents 131
C. Questions 133
A. Classification of cards 140
B. Arranging books, papers, and documents 142
C. The summary and closing plea 143
DELIVERING THE ARGUMENT
THE THEORY OF ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT
A. The number of specific instances supporting the conclusion must be sufficiently large to offset the probability of coincidence 183
B. The class of persons, events, or things about which the induction is made must be reasonably homogeneous 185
C. The specific instances cited in support of the conclusion must be fair examples 186
D. Careful investigation must disclose no exceptions 187
E. The conclusion must be reasonable 188
DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENT
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