Everything’s an Argument: Chapter 6 & 17

I enjoyed the readings this week. I feel like they were both helpful when I was trying to compose my article analysis for the artifacts that I received from the person I contacted. The point that I gained most from the reading is that everything is a claim. This to me means that any piece of writing artifacts can be evidence for what the document is trying to persuade. The documents that I received made me think about the assigned readings because it made me think that whatever is written can support a claim. There are countless different claims that can be made, it is up to the organization or person as to what argument and claim they are trying to state. If an organization doesn’t have a strong claim then people who are trying to learn more about it might be unsure as to what they are trying to promote or support.

The second reading is all about finding evidence, whether that be a scholarly article, Google, surveys, or personal observations, there is always a way to gather data and display your evidence. Being able to incorporate evidence into artifacts is very important. For example the program I chose to reach out compiled all of their research and put information on flyers so they could better educate the population with the facts that they have found. Being able to find evidence and share it with the community is important, but it has to be the right and true evidence, not false. It is always important to be able to support the evidence you found and create a document that can positively support the claim you are making. It is also very important to keep the interview/questions that are being asked to be easily understood. When researching/finding evidence questions need to be clear so search engine as well as readers to understand what is being asked. 

Both of these reading were helpful to me when I was reading through the artifacts that were given to me. It made me take a step back and look further into the information that was being presented (positive or negative) and analyze how their research/data was compiled and presented.