Effective Arguments

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Effective Arguments

• PowerPoint by Sarah LaDow

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Arguments are based on

• Logos
• Ethos
• Pathos

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Two main types of Arguments

• Arguments of Fact
• Existence
• Definition
• Quality

• Arguments of Policy
• What should be done?

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Expediencyor

• Good Worth?

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Expediency?

• True or false?
• Improved reclamation will help offset costs.
• Reclamation and recycling are conservation values
  we share
• By forming only one line in restaurants to
  procure food and pay, customers are served more
  efficiently

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Managing information

• Boiling down
• Expanding

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Boiling Down

• Helps organization of material by
• Detecting key information
• Sorting into analysis groups
• kind of problem
• issue
• Reason
• Sorting into action groups
• Steps in a procedure
• Related actions

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Expanding

• Teach important points
• Use an analogy
• Use an example
• Define key terms
• Try to answer possible objections

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Labeling and Bullets

• Labeling and bullets serve two main functions to
  help busy readers
• They organize information and highlight essential
  points
• They offer visual cues to readers

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• Adapted from PW Online