What is an argument?

In a classical argument it begins with an introduction that grabs the audience’s attention, when writing an introduction to an argument you must focus on the issue at hand by stating a question or a view.  The structure of an argument presents the writers belief of why he or she supports the issue. These usually are facts to support the writer’s belief and persuade the readers into believing and thinking in the writer’s point of view, after the writer states the views that support the subjects at hand a closing argument it necessary to sum of the arguments context.

Classical rhetoricians identified three persuasive appeals called logos, ethos and pathos. It is important to use all point in an argument. When writing an argument their needs to be an open question that ask why. The topic needs to be controversial so you can draw the reader in. A good argument is strong and shows the position of the writer if he or she believes in the controversial issue. The supporting views help the readers believe where the writer point of view stands in regards to the opposing views.

The writer finishes with a strong summarization of what was talked about and ensures that all of the points in the Rhetorical triangle are used so that a point can be made, what type of message is being put out, who is the audience that will read it and how can the writers or speaker effectively to get people to listen and believe what he or she is saying. I think that good facts can always be helpful in getting a reader to believe that you have done effective research about the topic you chose to talk about.  Readers will for their own objective opinion this is normal to have a negative outlook on something that is not supported (Should abortion be legal?) you have to persuade the reader to believe why you think something should be with confidence and trustworthiness.

Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 8th Edition. New York: Longman, 2010.