Review Questions
1. What did you think of when you encountered the word argument as you began to read this chapter? What do you think now? When I first encountered the word argument, I thought of it as being an argument between groups of people that try to convince each other to agree on their point of view. Now I think of it as standing up for your ideas, defending them, and minimizing the opposition by being persuasive.

2. Provide three examples of your own to illustrate the statement “argument is everywhere.” One of your example should be a visual argument. Three examples of everyday arguments can be a teenager trying to convince their parents to let them go somewhere, a parent trying to tell their child right from wrong, and deciding on what to eat with a group of people.

3. Describe traditional and consensual argument. Give two examples of each. A traditional argument is a public debate among candidates for public office or among others individuals who want to convince their audiences to side with them and accept their point of view. A example of this would be at a city hall and courtroom. Consensual argument emphasizes agreement. Example of this is in a class room and academic inquiry.

4. What are some of the conditions necessary for argument to work best? A productive and potentially successful argument, whether presented in writing, in speech, or in images, requires an issue, an arguer, and an audience.

5. What are some of the conditions that may cause arguments to fail? Conditions that cause a argument to fail is not having a disagreement or reason to argue, a risky or trivial issues, difficulty in establishing common ground, and standoffs or fights that result negative outcomes.

6. Give two examples of an ethical argument and two examples of an unethical argument. An example of a ethical argument might be a plan for an effective and economical way to rebuild an area that has been destroyed by hurricanes, floods, or fire An example of unethical arguments might be invitation to acquire a new credit card that tempts the user to incur a huge debt with high interest that will be either difficult or impossible to pay back.

7. How has the role of audience changed in the world of digital arguments? The emergence of the Web has led to an explosion in the in sheer number and dizzying variety of arguments to which we are now exposed. As we have become users of this technology, we have found ourselves exposed to a seemingly limitless array of issues, ranging from the mundane to the momentous, the most intimately personal to the most sweepingly global. 8. Identify four sources of arguable issues.

Issues are compelling, issues often originate in dramatic life situations, current issues can be linked to enduring issues that have engaged people for ages, and issues go underground and then resurface.