Concludes that (1) the artificially high standards of hypothesis testing cannot be met by advocates who try to apply the paradigm in debate and (2) the values claimed for hypothesis testing can be achieved in other ways. (PD)

The concession that the lie is preferred over force as a means of social control forms the basis for the morality of policy lying, i.e., in any situation in which police have a legitimate right to use force they acquire a moral right to achieve the same ends by lying. (RM)

Examines the implications of the following ways of computing forensic contest results: (1) sum-of-the ranks; (2) modified sum-of-the ranks; (3) majority rule; and (4) serial elimination. (PD)

Presents four professors' views on whether contests or festivals are the more valuable formats for developing the art of oral interpretation in students. (PD)

Forensic activities provide speech communication programs with professional identity, public visibility, interested and talented students, and an extracurricular laboratory in which students can test classroom concepts. (PD)

Discusses the metalinguistic elements of argumentation in the legal definition. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

This paper analyzes the components of an "ideal" debate using a non-policy proposition. It is argued that debates using non-policy propositions are currently plagued by a variety of problems. Value propositions on the college level are dissimilar to the value propositions used in high school Lincoln-Douglas debate. Many debaters are…

This paper focuses on using the media to reach the public and, through the public, politicians regarding literacy issues. The paper gives some tips gleaned from recent convention symposia about attracting the audience, such as involving students, teachers, or both in interviewing authors, announcing community calendars about literacy events,…

The nursery rhyme as a form of persuasion and a way of improving children's language choices is explored within the context of the historical devices distinctive to the genre. (CH)

The author discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the departments of English and Speech uniting to teach the introductory rhetoric course at the University of Massachusetts. (MM)

Suggests ways to increase student interest and involvement in composition assignments. (GB)

Attitudinal content cannot be adequately measured by a single score expressing a most acceptable position but must also include latitudes of acceptance, rejection, and noncommitment.'' (Author)

The persuasive effectiveness of metaphor may be accounted for, in part, by the evaluative responses which the receiver has to the verbal stimulus used metaphorically, and by the referents for the verbal stimulus.'' (Author)