Everything's An Argument Chapter 1 Quiz

Reports that aim to persuade readers' actions with facts and objective conclusions

• Arguments to Inform

• Arguments to Convince

• Arguments to Explore

• Arguments to make decisions

Social nature of an argument; exists in a context that influences how it can be shaped and how others will receive it

• Deliberative Arguments

• Rhetorical Arguments

• Rhetorical Situation

• Ceremonial Arguments

By Carl Rogers, aims to find common ground and establish truth among those who disagree, approaching audiences in a non-threatening way, looking for "both/and" or "win/win" solutions

• Rogerian Argument

• Propaganda

• Forensic Arguments

• Esoteric Arguments

Asserts that a problem exists and that it needs to be solved

• Arguments to explain

• Forensic Arguments

• Deliberative Arguments

• Arguments to Explore

Forensic Arguments are:

• Future; relies on projects, extrapolations and reasoned guesses to tell what will or should happen

• Actions in the past that influence decisions in the present

• Past; relies on evidence and testimony to recreate events that have already occurred

• Present; ceremonial; current values, addresses questions of praise or blame

Deliberative arguments are:

• Future; relies on projects, extrapolations and reasoned guesses to tell what will or should happen

• Considers the status or kinds of issues addressed, exploring different aspects of the problem

• Present; ceremonial; current values, addresses questions of praise or blame

• Based on issues of time; past, present and future

Intended Readers are:

• Those represented in the text

• Those who pick it up

• Those the writer consciously intends to address

• Based on issues of time; past, present and future

Invoked Readers are:

• Those represented in the text

• Those who pick it up

• Those the writer consciously intends to address

• Based on issues of time; past, present and future

Real Readers are:

• Those represented in the text

• Those who pick it up

• Those the writer consciously intends to address

• Based on issues of time; past, present and future

Actions in the past that influence decisions in the present

• Stasis Theory

• Precedents

• Kairos

• Argument of Fact