In Class: Argument

At first I really only viewed an argument as a sort of opinion where you have two sides fighting each other. Now, after reading the text, I realize that everything can be seen as one. One of the arguments I would not have expected is an argument to inform. It doesn't seem like much of an argument to me. It's pretty basic, a statement or fact about something. Like you need to go this way to find the hurricane or tornado shelter. Everything that people wear can be seen as an argument about who they are and what they stand for too. It's interesting to look at the small picture and try to see how it fits in to a larger picture, and what argument it is making. It is interesting to see how many arguments we think about in our everyday lives. We go to the supermarket and then have to decide whether we are going to buy our food based on price or packaging. Do the colors draw our attention? Does the price scare us away? Do we buy something just because we remember hearing about the brand name on a commercial or in the ads and coupons? When something says that it is better for you than something else, is it really? We have to use the information we have to decide if the argument that the company is giving us is a valid reason for us to spend our precious money.