CALIFORNIA

THE SCIENCE AND ART

OF

EFFECTIVE DEBATING

A Text Book for High Schools
and Colleges

BY

EDWIN DUBOIS SHURTER

Author of Winning Declamations, Public Speaking, and Co-author
of School Poetry for Oral Expression

T

NOBLE AND NOBLE, Publishers

76 FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORK

Copyright, 1925, by

NOBLE AND NOBLE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAP.

I.

II.

The Advantages of Debate The Elements of

Debate.

PAGE

I

io

THE PROPOSITION-MATTER AND FORM

A Proposition Necessary in Debate Selecting the

Proposition-Stating the Proposition-Exercises.

ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTION

Steps in Analysis: Origin and History of the Ques-

tion, Definition, Exclusion of Irrelevant Matter, State-

ment of Admitted Matter, Contentions of Both Sides,

The Main Issues-Exercises.

What is Proof?—Proof vs. Assertion-Varying De-
grees of Possible Proof-Burden of Proof-Exercises.

IV. EVIDENCE

L-V.

Tests as to the Nature and Sources of Evidence-

Testimony Especially Valuable-Collecting Evidence-

Classification of Material-Exercises.

Direct Argument: From Authority-Indirect Argu-

ment: Induction-Causal Relationship-Example

and Analogy-Generalization-Deduction-the Syl-

logism-the Dilemma-Method of Residues-Ex-

ercises.

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