In writing and media of all kinds, language competes for your attention and argues for your agreement. You need to be able to recognize and use argument effectively—and to question your own arguments as well as those put forth by others.
Quick Help: Guidelines for analyzing an argument
Thinking critically about argument
Considering cultural contexts
Analyzing emotional appeals in an argument
Analyzing ethical appeals in an argument
Analyzing logical appeals in an argument
Analyzing appeals in a visual argument
Identifying Toulmin’s elements of an argument
Identifying common fallacies