5. Our own town should be lighted by electricity.
6. Athletic contests between high schools should be prohibited.
(Consider your argument with reference to the cautions given in Section 79.)
SUMMARY
1. The purpose of discourse may be to inform or to entertain.
2. The forms of discourse are— a. Description. b. Narration. c. Exposition. d. Argument (Persuasion).
3. Discourse presupposes an audience, and we must select a subject and use language adapted to that audience.
4. The suitableness of a subject is determined—
a. By the writer's knowledge of the subject.
(1) This may be based on experience, or
(2) It may be gained from others through conversation and
reading.
b. By the writer's interest in the subject.
(1) This may exist from the first, or
(2) It may be aroused by our search for information.
c. By adaptability of the subject to the reader. It should be of
present, vital interest to him.
5. Subjects.
a. The sources of subjects are unlimited.
b. Subjects should be definite. They often need to be narrowed in
order to be made definite.
c. The title should be brief and should be worded so as to arouse
a desire to hear the theme.
6. Exposition is explanation.