Argument:Brief
I. Introduction
A. Thesis.—J.R.T. Shake is guilty of plagiarism.
B. Definition.—"Plagiarism" is the passing off as one's own the stolen writing of
another.
C. Explanation.—The victim of the plagiarism is Talbot Speare.
D. Issues.—I will prove my case by establishing the following issues:
1. The two stories are identical.
2. Speare's story was written three months before Shake's.
3. Shake had access to Speare's story.
4. Shake made use of Speare's story.

II. Proof
A. The two stories are identical, for—
1. Mr. Harvey, authorized by this court, has pronounced them so.
2. Your own eyes will prove them so.
B. Speare's story was written three months before Shake's, for—
1. Three reliable witnesses testify that Speare's story was written by
July 3, 1949.
2. Shake's own admission and the testimony of a reliable witness show
that his story was not written before October 7, 1949.
C. Shake had access to Speare's story, for Speare had given it to him for two
days to criticize.
D. Shake made use of Speare's story, for—
1. There is no other reasonable explanation of the identity.
2. Shake admitted to a reliable witness that he had copied the story and
published it as his own.

III. Conclusion
Since the stories are identical, since Speare's story was written before Shake's, since
Shake had access to Speare's story, and since Shake made use of Speare's story,
therefore J.R.T. Shake is guilty of plagiarism.