Inventing arguments

Chapter three of Envision talks about creating your own arguments through the use of the canons of rhetoric. It then talks about how all of the canons can be used to invent an argument. This made me think of all the times that I have created debate cases to present at tournaments. I begin with a simple idea relating to the provided topic. Then I expound on the topic by creating a plan to act on the ideas I had come up with. When thinking about how to go about the writing of the case I think explicitly about the audience I will be speaking to and how they will react to the ideas to present. Sometimes it takes me a few tries to figure out how to create a case that everyone can agree with. The other parts of the chapter that I can’t use in debate include things like the visuals. Although in my speech I did use visuals to convey a more powerful message to my audience. On the other hand when writing a persuasive paper I have to include both sides of the issue to the reader. The reason I would do this is to bring up new arguments. Within an argumentative paper one can use the other side of the issue to create new arguments of their own. The author can point out how the arguments presented are flawed. This is what I learned from chapter three of Envision and I learned some of these things from debate to.