EXERCISE 45. A. Informal debate. NOTE. In courses arranged to meet three times a week on a semester basis, the break between the first and second semesters will come at this point. EXERCISE 46. Finding the Issues A. Advance text, Finding the Issues, 185-202. EXERCISE 47. A. Review text, Finding the Issues, 185–202. B. Make a complete list of all important points, in connection with the proposition for your original brief, arising out of: A Study of the Origin and History of the Case, — and A Study of Both Sides of All Phases of the Question. Mark each point that is not to be considered as an issue with the reason for its exclusion. Arrange the remaining points in heads and subheads as main and subordinate issues. A. Advance text, Drawing the Brief, 203-215. EXERCISE 50. A. Review text, Drawing the Brief, 203-215. B. Advance text, Drawing the Brief, 215-218, 228-235. C. Bring to class the Introduction to a brief based on the case for government ownership and operation of the railroads presented in Appendix G. EXERCISE 51. A. Informal debate. EXERCISE 52. A. Review text, Drawing the Brief, 215–218. B. Advance text, Drawing the Brief, 218-228, 235-245. EXERCISE 53. A. Review text, Drawing the Brief, 203–228. B. Bring to class a complete brief of the case for government ownership and operation of the railroads as presented in the speeches given in Appendix G. EXERCISE 54. A. Informal debate. [EXAMINATION] EXERCISE 55. A. Written hour examination on: Defining the Terms, 135–145. Surveying the Proof, 146-184. Drawing the Brief, 203–245. B. Announcement of schedule for formal debates throughout the remainder of the course, with schedule also for preliminary exercises in making Phase diagrams, first drafts of proof under the Phases, and full briefs. See specimen schedule in Appendix H. [FORMAL DEBATES] EXERCISE 56 through EXERCISE 63. A. Eight formal two-speaker debates on propositions chosen for original briefs, with full briefs due from each of the speakers at the time of the debate. Conviction EXERCISE 64. A. Advance text, Conviction, 246-268. EXERCISE 65. A. Written quiz on Conviction. B. Review text, Conviction, 246-268. C. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating the methods of emphasis by: A. Review text, Persuasion, 269–293. C. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating the four methods of persuasion by direct discourse. EXERCISE 69. A. Tenth formal debate. EXERCISE 70. A. Review text, Persuasion, 293–303. C. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating the methods of persuasion by concreteness and by a definite appeal to one of the motives mentioned in the text. Speech-Composition EXERCISE 71. A. Advance text, Speech-Composition, 322-354. EXERCISE 72. A. Eleventh formal debate. EXERCISE 73. A. Review text, Speech-Composition, 329-354. B. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating the personal and expository types of Introduction. EXERCISE 74. A. Advance text, Speech-Composition, 354-364. B. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating both the summarizing and the personal types of Conclusion. A. Review text, Strategy, 365-384. B. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating the strategy of direct and overwhelming assault and the strategy of scattering the enemy's forces. EXERCISE 78. A. Thirteenth formal debate. EXERCISE 79. A. Review text, Strategy, 384-402. B. Prepare, for extemporaneous delivery before the class, a short argumentative speech on some current event, illustrating the strategy of concealed objective. [FORMAL DEBATES] EXERCISE 80 through EXERCISE 90. A. Eleven formal debates, making a total of twenty-four for the course. |