The Description of "Audible Thought

MOTIVE X.

Audible thought is mental debating. It consists in the giving of reasons for or against a course of action. The unity in this motive lies in a fundamental question of conduct to be decided, as the following quotation will show :

MODEL

But why not ask her advice in confidence ? She was a woman of sense and experience, and could probably find some way out of their quandary. Mr. Liakos was on the point of going to his cousin, but he reflected that it would be a grave indiscretion to impart the secret to a third person without his friend's consent, and he felt too that it would be very weak in him not to perform loyally the duty he had undertaken. Forward, then! Courage/

ANALYSIS OF THE MODEL I. The paragrafth structure is the same as in Descrz)5tion¬motive I. Prove this statement.

2.	The materials used are : The pros and cons of a course of action.

3.	The devices used in the handling of the material:

a.	The first sentence is in the form of a question.

b.	The last sentence is in the form of a command.

c. In the arrangement of the paragraph the argument for alternates with the argument against the proposed, action. Prove this statement.