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.
23. Find an example of an apt anecdote or fable used in an argument.
24. In Lincoln's address at Cooper Institute, what do you think of his attitude towards the South as respects fairness?
25. In the argument on which you are at work, what chance would there be of inducing agreement between the two sides?