Elements of Debating: A Manual for Use in High Schools and Academies
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Chapters (51)
- ELEMENTS OF DEBATING
- LEVERETT S. LYON
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LESSON I
- WHAT ARGUMENTATION IS
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON II
- WHAT DEBATE IS
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON III
- THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL DEBATING
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON IV
- DETERMINING THE ISSUES
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON V
- HOW TO PROVE THE ISSUES
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON VI
- THE BRIEF. THE CHOICE AND USE OF EVIDENCE
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON VII
- THE FORENSIC
- LESSON VIII
- REFUTATION
- SUGGESTED EXERCISES
- LESSON IX
- MANAGEMENT OF THE DEBATE
- LESSON X
- A SUMMARY AND A DIAGRAM
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I
- HOW AND WHERE TO READ FOR MORE INFORMATION
- APPENDIX II
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE ISSUES OF THE QUESTION
- APPENDIX III
- A TYPICAL COLLEGE FORENSIC
- APPENDIX IV
- MATERIAL FOR BRIEFING REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
- SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES F. SCOTT, OF KANSAS, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1911
- APPENDIX V
- QUESTIONS WITH SUGGESTED ISSUES AND BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
- "THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE SHOULD BE GRANTED TO WOMAN"
- "THE AMERICAN NAVY SHOULD BE ENLARGED SO AS TO COMPARE IN FIGHTING STRENGTH WITH ANY IN THE WORLD"
- "LOCAL OPTION IS THE BEST METHOD OR DEALING WITH THE LIQUOR PROBLEM"
- "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE ABOLISHED"
- APPENDIX VI
- A LIST OF DEBATABLE PROPOSITIONS
- APPENDIX VII
- FORMS FOR JUDGES' DECISION
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