Blog 6

One comment that I found most useful in my peer reviews was “Part of TRACE analysis- constraints and exigence portion not clearly identifiable.” The assignment for the ad essay was that while writing said essay to utilize TRACE as a key tool in expressing argument. While outlining my essay I defined the portions of TRACE and exigence for myself however it seems that those points in the outline were either not carried over to the essay or not clearly defined within the essay, which is something that needs to be fixed. Utilizing TRACE is an important aspect of the essay; therefore if it is unidentifiable there could be a miscommunication with the message of my essay which would lead to an unsuccessful argument.

According to Essentials of Argument warrants are “the assumptions, the general principles, conventions of specific disciplines, widely held values, commonly accepted beliefs, and appeals to human motives that are an important part of any argument.” (111) Arguments work better when warrants are shared by the arguer and the audience because if they are not they are then “in conflict.” (112) If the audience is to agree with the warrants of the arguer then they (audience) will be more likely to be accommodating to the argument, therefore the argument is convincing. The opposite would be true if the audience did not accept the warrants, such that the argument would not be convincing. (112)

Works Citied:

1. Wood, Nancy. Essentials of Argument. 2^nd ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.