Elements of Debating

About this eBook

Author

Lyon, Leverett S. (Leverett Samuel), 1885-1959

Title

Elements of Debating: A Manual for Use in High Schools and Academies

Credits

E-text prepared by Stephen Schulze and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Debates and debating

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14090

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14090

Release Date

November 19, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ELEMENTS OF DEBATING
2. 2.LEVERETT S. LYON — PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LESSON I — WHAT ARGUMENTATION IS — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
5. 5.LESSON II — WHAT DEBATE IS — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
6. 6.LESSON III — THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL DEBATING — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
7. 7.LESSON IV — DETERMINING THE ISSUES — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
8. 8.LESSON V — HOW TO PROVE THE ISSUES — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
9. 9.LESSON VI — THE BRIEF. THE CHOICE AND USE OF EVIDENCE — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
10. 10.LESSON VII — THE FORENSIC
11. 11.LESSON VIII — REFUTATION — SUGGESTED EXERCISES
12. 12.LESSON IX — MANAGEMENT OF THE DEBATE
13. 13.LESSON X — A SUMMARY AND A DIAGRAM — APPENDICES
14. 14.APPENDIX I — HOW AND WHERE TO READ FOR MORE INFORMATION
15. 15.APPENDIX II — ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE ISSUES OF THE QUESTION
16. 16.APPENDIX III — A TYPICAL COLLEGE FORENSIC
17. 17.APPENDIX IV — MATERIAL FOR BRIEFING — REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT — SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES F. SCOTT, OF KANSAS, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1911
18. 18.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"
19. 19.APPENDIX VI — A LIST OF DEBATABLE PROPOSITIONS
20. 20.APPENDIX VII — FORMS FOR JUDGES' DECISION

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