Chapter 13

Chapter Thirteen of "Everything's an Argument" is about style in arguments.  It discusses different topics like style and word choice, sentence structure and argument, punctuation and argument, special effects like figurative language and argument which include tropes like metaphors, similes, analogies and schemes and gives specific examples of each for better understanding.  All of these characteristics of arguments make a better more through o argument.  The tropes like metaphors, similes and analogies are very useful when trying to build the persuasion of an argument.  They provide a strong comparison between two ideas to better understand an argument and show similarity.  The main difference between the three tropes is similes involve the words "like" or "as" when used for comparison and metaphors and analogies do not.  An example of a a trope, specifically a simile would be "I'm so happy it is like I won the lottery".  Obviously you did not win the lottery but you are exemplifying that you are so happy that you feel like you won the lottery.  This simile uses "like".  Another example of a simile is "That pool was so cold it was like an ice bath".  The use of "like" shows the similarity between the pool and the ice bath to show another example of how cold it was for better understanding.  Similes are used very frequently in every day conversations because they help better understand what you are trying to say.  I know that I use similes a lot in my conversations when trying to explain how significant something was so my audience understands my point.  I plan on using many different tropes in my WP#2 project to better my argument in more detail.