In Class Free Write: 1-20-09

Like I said in my posting last night, after reading the first chapter, I have a new view on what an argument is and could be. When Andrea Lunsford says that everything is an argument in her title, she really means it. In my last posting I did not go very in-depth about examples from the text but I would now like to talk about a few of the argument types that I read about. The emotional appeals argument type on page 38 really argued a message to me. When I say the picture of the sick child in Sudan, I realized how easy it is to argue and persuade when you have the a powerful image like this one. I think that with images like this it makes an argument easier. One argument type that I did not think was an argument was the argument to inform on page 9. The picture of the hurricane shelter sign seems like a simple sign to inform and help the public if the instance of a hurricane. Although I did not believe that this was a strong argument, it makes me think that everything is an argument. I believe that the first chapter helped me to realize that I don't need a powerful political or medical argument to state an argument.