The Wysocki and Lynch piece about arguments was extremely helpful for me to read. It made my ideas of an argument for my upcoming digital media project seem more...arguable? I guess it just made me feel more confident in my project idea because though I feel my rhetorical situation is important, it didn't seem as important as some of the other topics that people were broaching.
Something important I learned about is how to structure my argument. By concentrating on a target audience, I'm going to make my argument more valid by presenting it to the right people. Shaping it towards a target audience will also help me find more evidence to support my argument. It's much easier to get specific with an argument in a rhetorical situation when I'm also focusing on a specific group. Generalization will blur my main points.
Another thing that I need to keep in mind is sincerity, which also goes along with the "health of the community". I want to have a healthy relationship with my audience, therefore I'm going to make sure that I take other points of view into consideration, and that I'm careful with my wording. Since I think I want to help a budding business, this is especially important because in business the customer is everything. The video "Give 'em the Pickle" (Video) is a great example of this. Part of the argument of a website for a business is that if something is wrong with the product, then you will be able to contact someone to get it fixed in a timely manner. Just like the story of the group of men who tried to get the women to join their project, we need to make sure that we are communicating in the right way to get our message, or "argument" across.
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