Terrell Woods
Composition II
EN1420

Analyzing Rhetorical Structures

This essay will gradually explain how audience, purpose, and context can affect an argument. Notice it or not arguments take place in our everyday lives, as ridiculous as it may sound it is absolutely true. Some people believe that arguments can better be solved through verbal altercations and fist fights, however a successful argument is one that is calm collective and appropriate. An argument is affected by the audience, purpose, and context.
There are two different types of arguments traditional argument and consensual argument. A traditional argument is having proof of what you are arguing so that you can target your audience members to agree with the side of the argument that you are on. Some examples of a traditional argument are public debate, courtroom argument, single-perspective argument and one-on-one everyday argument. A consensual argument is when the possibility of an argument is brought about by arguers who acknowledge different points of view and work to identify a combination of views that are acceptable to the majority of the audience members. Some examples of a consensual argument are dialectic, academic inquiry, negotiation and mediation, and internal argument.
In order for an argument to be successful it needs to have an issue which is the problem or situation of which the argument is about. A successful argument must also have an arguer it can be one or more people who have different perspectives of whatever the subject may be. A successful argument must also include an audience, an audience is the group of people who encounter a work of literature, audience members are also known as readers.
Firstly, an audience can affect an argument in many different ways. When targeting an audience you must consider the age group, ethnicity, beliefs, background and many other things of that nature. During an argument you want to be sure that you are keeping your audience interested because if you don’t they may give you little to no feedback at all. It is important that you interact with your audience without offending them and give the up most respect to their point of view and opinions, even when you disagree. so that you may get the best audience outcome possible.
Secondly, purpose affects an argument simply because it is the reason of which the argument is in existence. So basically without having a purpose of an argument there won’t even be a reason to argue or make a claim that something is true or false. There are two different types of purposes. One type of purpose is to convince and the other is to persuade. This affects an argument because the relation determines whether you are being convinced or persuaded to do something. “An argument that convinces is more likely to use logic rather than an argument that persuades which sometimes uses emotion.” (Mollmann, M. (2006, 11). A Convincing Argument. rhrealitycheck.org. Retrieved 01, 2015, from)An example of a convincing argument is a mother telling her child not to do meth, informing the child why, because it harms the human body. An example of a persuasive argument is a parent telling her children she doesn’t want them to hanging out late informing why, because she loves them and doesn’t want anything to happen to them.
Ultimately, the context of an argument is the set of related issues or facts that fall in the same category as the same issue that you are arguing. “A couple examples of context are cultural, historical, moral and several other broad topics along those lines.” (How to Put Your Argument in a Context. actwritingtips.com) The context can affect an argument which the audience analyzes. You must consider the audience and include constraints to whatever the context of your argument is. If not that would be considered difficulty in establishing common ground, which would then unfortunately lead to an unsuccessful argument.
Some people believe that arguments can better be solved through verbal altercations and fist fights, however a successful argument is one that is calm collective and appropriate. An argument is affected by the audience, purpose, and context.

References
Mollmann, M. (2006, 11). A Convincing Argument. Rhrealitycheck.org. Retrieved 01, 2015, from
How to Put Your Argument in a Context. actwritingtips.com