Arguments

After reading the assigned pages about arguments I have a new understanding of their wide use. The title of the book is Everything's an Argument and this chapter proves just how true that is. Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz made me aware of something I never realized before; everything from clothing with a mascot on it to a simple street sign can be an argument (6, 9). I like the way this chapter detailed so many different types of arguments and purposes of arguments. One thing I found very interesting was that there are types of arguments to meditate and pray. These arguments are generally within oneself, it is an attempt to balance ones spirit (14). Another thing that I particularly enjoyed was the distinction made between argument and persuasion. Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz did a good job explaining that argument typically tries to get a reader to discover what they believe to be true about a topic by using evidence, while persuasion aims to move the reader to take action on a subject (7).

Works Cited
Lunsford, Andrea A., and John J. Ruszkiewicz. Everything's an Argument. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. Print.