Find an argument, not in this book, which is a good illustration of
the power of tact.
14. Name an argument which you have read within a few months which made
a special impression on you by its clearness.
15. Find an argument in the daily papers, on local or academic affairs,
which makes effective appeal to the practical interests of its audience.
Analyze this appeal.
16. Name three subjects of local and immediate interest on which you
could write an argument in which you would appeal chiefly to the
practical interests of your readers.
17. Name two current political questions which turn on the practical
interests of the country at large.
18. Name two public questions now under discussion into which moral
issues enter. Do both sides on these questions accept the same view of
the bearing of the moral issues?
19. Find an argument, not in this book, in which the eloquence of the
style is a distinct part of the persuasive power.
20. What do you think of the persuasive power of Burke's speech "On
Conciliation with America"? of its convincing power?
21. Find an argument, not in this book, in which the concreteness of the
language adds to the persuasive power.
22. Find two examples, not in this book, of apt and effective figures of
speech in an argument.
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