Summarizing the reading of pgs. 269-284 in Everyone's An Author

The pages on 269-284 of Everyone’s An Author talk about the number of different ways an argument is made. They start by suggesting our first attempts to communicate were likely an argument and move forward to show how we often make arguments throughout our entire and daily life. They also show the examples of how we come across arguments everywhere we look.  “The role of argument”, is discussed and they give the examples of the many purposes of argument such as “To understand”, “To explore”, “To inform”, “To convince or persuade.” Etc. The reading then moves on to discussing about how to analyze an argument and the things to consider when analyzing them. Questions such as who is arguing and the position they are coming from as well as what the argument was claiming were asked and then talked about in detail the elements that the question comprises of and the specific details of what answers the question is asking for.