When we think of the word “arguing”, we think of a harsh conversation between two couples or a group of people that seems to always produce conflict. Instead, I view the concept of arguing as a court situation where the lawyers have to convince the jury and the judge, through evidence, to share their own views. These lawyers also have to develop techniques to argue every specific case. For example, a murder case where a lawyer is defending a victim. The lawyer will use emotion (compassion) to persuade the jury or judge to side in his favor.
Some good techniques that I would use to make an argument is by first laying down a concrete arguable claim and then using my audience reaction to emotion, reason and authority to build my argument.
Laying down concrete arguable claim is very important because if the argument is inane, it tends to lose our audience attention. For instance, I decide to argue that humans cannot live without air. In this type of argument, the audience knows that it is a proven fact and that the opposing team would not be able to make a reasonable argument. Also as humans we are reasonable, emotional and like to have a sense of authority, so using this to help our argument does not hurt.
