Writing Arguments

Being able to properly write an argument is a fundamental skill needed in order to obtain an education and it is basically used on an everyday basis. Whether it's trying to get your parents to extend your curfew or convincing an individual to buy a product, argumentative skills are always needed. Over the past few weeks in engineering class we have been writing an argument report for our coaster car that our group has recently built. In this report we were required to talk about why our coaster car was a success and the steps we took in order to construct it the way it currently is. I learned that arguments have to be precised and reasonable. Your claim must be backed up by facts and evidence or else it won't be legitimate. While working on this report with my group, I realized it was quite difficult working and cooperating with others at the same time on a document. It was generally confusing and the experience was new to me, seeing as I've never had an assignment similar to this, however I was able to grasp the concept of it all. I believe this report was difficult because we had trouble planning out who would do what and having all of our paragraphs flow together in the end. This writing report helped improve my skills in working with others. Our group was able to work together being open minded and accepting constructive criticism. This task can help us outside of engineering class. For instance, it helped us improve our social skills and enhanced our cooperation skills and ability to profoundly work as a team. These skills can pertain to us career wise as well! Perhaps we get a job in the business industry, we'd have to use these skills to make sales, persuading the consumer to buy the products. It could also help us when trying to obtain something, whether it is physically an object or an action. For instance, let's say you want your mom to buy you a new iphone, you could use this skill to help persuade her by telling her all of the positive reasons on why she should get you one. Argumentative skills are necessary in life in order for us to actually get what we want or rightfully deserve.