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(6) To train the audience to stick to the point and to be tolerant of opinions contrary to their own.

Two types of audience members are likely to require special handling by the moderator. The man who tries to make a speech in the guise of a question may be stopped by a request to rephrase his question briefly. The man who merely paraphrases what the speaker has already said for the sake of hearing himself talk should be interrupted with a remark that his statement has been covered by the speaker. In general the moderator will have to help the audience understand its part by recognizing relevant questions and praising unusually good ones.

4. Dialogue: The dialogue is a kind of informal lecture-forum. Its procedure is similar to that of the forum except that the leader or moderator acts as an interlocutor. He prepares as carefully as does the chief speaker. To start the discussion he asks the expert a direct question. When he has received a reply, he may give some interpretation or comment of his own and follow with another question. Thus he guides the speaker from issue to issue until the subject has been as fully presented as the time allows. Audience questioning of either member of the dialogue follows.

Because the moderator has the opportunity of guiding the expert and because he may stress a position that differs from the latter's, the dialogue need not have the disadvantage of presenting only one point of view. In the hands of a skillful interlocutor

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[[image - drawing of two soldiers on stage - one standing and pointing at the other who is sitting - in the audience are five men]]

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