Argumentation In Daily Life
Kayunda Terry
EN1420
4/20/15
Argumentation in Daily Life
Argument – ar·gu·ment
/ˈärɡyəmənt/
Noun
1. An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
2. A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
Personal: Relationships are a perfect example of where arguments and persuasion takes place in daily life. There are different viewpoints on both ends and there can be times where you both don’t see eye to eye. For an example: going out to eat or seeing a movie, although you both want to get something to eat together you may not want what your boyfriend/girlfriend wants. Same goes for the movies, you may not want to see the movie your significant other wants to see. You may persuade him/her to see the movie this time around and let him/her choose the next movie. Or you may argue about a dinner spot that you truly want to try out but your other half isn’t too interested in trying.
Academic: In group discussions, there is always one person who has a strong viewpoint and stance on whatever the topic is and no matter what he/she doesn’t budge on his views about it. In this situation it draws out an argument and/or debate in the other students to make the one particular student see his/her views and try to alter the dominate student’s views in any way they can. If the other students can’t alter his/her views then that’s when persuasion comes in to try and persuade the student to consider changing his viewpoint.
Professional: Confrontations are always bound to happen in the work place. Whether it is between co-workers or your boss there will be an argument where you all don’t see eye to eye on certain tasks that need to be done. There’s always the issue that arises about time management and a proposal of doing something another way. If its time management the argument is why a task wasn’t this wasn’t completed on time? If it’s about doing a task a different way the argument is
EN1420
4/20/15
Argumentation in Daily Life
Argument – ar·gu·ment
/ˈärɡyəmənt/
Noun
1. An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
2. A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
Personal: Relationships are a perfect example of where arguments and persuasion takes place in daily life. There are different viewpoints on both ends and there can be times where you both don’t see eye to eye. For an example: going out to eat or seeing a movie, although you both want to get something to eat together you may not want what your boyfriend/girlfriend wants. Same goes for the movies, you may not want to see the movie your significant other wants to see. You may persuade him/her to see the movie this time around and let him/her choose the next movie. Or you may argue about a dinner spot that you truly want to try out but your other half isn’t too interested in trying.
Academic: In group discussions, there is always one person who has a strong viewpoint and stance on whatever the topic is and no matter what he/she doesn’t budge on his views about it. In this situation it draws out an argument and/or debate in the other students to make the one particular student see his/her views and try to alter the dominate student’s views in any way they can. If the other students can’t alter his/her views then that’s when persuasion comes in to try and persuade the student to consider changing his viewpoint.
Professional: Confrontations are always bound to happen in the work place. Whether it is between co-workers or your boss there will be an argument where you all don’t see eye to eye on certain tasks that need to be done. There’s always the issue that arises about time management and a proposal of doing something another way. If its time management the argument is why a task wasn’t this wasn’t completed on time? If it’s about doing a task a different way the argument is