6. In the argument on which you are working, how much of the material in the introduction to the brief shall you use in the argument itself? Does the audience you have in mind affect the decision?
7. How do you intend to distribute your space between the main issues you will argue out?
8. How much will explanation enter into your argument?
9. Find an argument, not in this book, in which the explanation chiefly makes the convincing power.
10. In which of the arguments in this book does explanation play the smallest part?
11. Examine five consecutive paragraphs in Huxley's argument on evolution, or The Outlook argument on the Workman's Compensation Act, from the point of view of good explanation.
12. Find two examples of arguments, not in this book, whose chief appeal is to the feelings.
13. 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.