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Arguments are everywhere. No matter how you live your life, you are going to face an argument at some point. It is clear that it is only in human nature for people to argue. I would be surprised to hear a person say they have never been in an argument. Looking back in history, arguments have shaped how the world has become today. Arguments are at the roots of war, inequality, divorce, racism, politics, and many other things. This country was practically founded on arguments. The Founding Fathers spent weeks in conventions arguing over how their new country should work. The political parties today still debate over the same subjects. It is clear arguments will never die. Simply put by the article called “Inventing Arguments,” an argument is the act of asserting, supporting and defending a claim. There are more subtle forms of an argument, aside from the examples I stated above which can create turmoil, hatred, and divisions among people. These are more simple and common among the general public. These types of arguments are mainly to get someone’s point across or to sound more credible to others. Usually, a person will make a claim and can defend that claim with rhetoric, facts, and opinions from their own perspective. It is so common, I feel like we do not even realize we are arguing all the time. It can be as simple as debating with a friend on where to go to eat for lunch. It is interesting to me that there are even jobs based on arguments like lawyers, politicians, businessmen, critics and many others that I cannot think of. Teachers encourage children from a young age to debate in the classroom. I can think of numerous classes I have taken in which weeks were devoted to debating. I even had debates in Spanish classes. In high school, there is an entire club devoted to debating. They would practice for hours on how to make a statement and support it with any method they knew. I feel that arguments are important and without them life would be boring.
Here are a couple ideas for visual arguments that I could possibly use for Writing Project One.
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