By FRANCES M. PERRY, Instructor in English in Wellesley College. Price,
$1.00
AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ARGUMENTATION is intended for those who
have not previously studied the subject, but while it makes a firm
foundation for students who may wish to continue it, the volume is
complete in itself. It is adapted for use in the first years of college
or in the upper classes of secondary schools.
¶ The subject has been simplified as much as has been possible without
lessening its educative value, yet no difficulties have been slighted.
The beginner is set to work to exercise his reasoning power on familiar
material and without the added difficulty of research. Persuasion has
not been considered until conviction is fully understood. The two
methods in use in teaching argumentation--the brief-drawing method and
the syllogistic method--have been combined, so that the one will help
the student to grasp the other.
¶ The volume is planned and proportioned with the expectation that it
will be closely followed as a text-book rather than used to supplement
an independent method of presentation. To that end each successive
step is given explicit exposition and full illustration, and carefully
graded exercises are provided to test the student's understanding of an
idea, and fix it in his memory.
¶ The course is presented in three divisions; the first relating to
finding and formulating the proposition for argument, the second to
proving the proposition, and the last, to finding the material to prove
the proposition--research.
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