1)      According to Blair, an argument consists of several parts. First it must have an explicable claim. This essentially means that something must be explained so that it can be up for debate and so there is no ambiguity as to what is being debated which sets up the argument.  He also says there has to be an explicable reason for the claim. This is so that there is evidence to back up a claim to give it credibility, if something does not have credibility it cannot be taken seriously. An argument also has to have an attempt to communicate these reasons and claims so that each side can make their thoughts heard and so that each claim has a debatable opinion.

2)      These twin brothers are completely different

I choose to use the sentence like this because there can be some grayness as to just how “different” the brothers are. You shouldn’t expect  2 people to be exactly the same even if they are twins, so to say that they are different is to vague, they could have a lot of similarities but are not entirely the same.  But when you say they are completely different, you may not expect twins to be completely different so it gives you room to build an argument on why they have nothing in common at all, rather than saying they have a little bit of each.

To help demonstrate the significance of their difference, I would show differences in personalities, like one of them playing a sport while the other’s an artist. I would also show physical characteristics such as their hair color or height and weight to explain that they are also physically very different from each other.  

3B)      I personally feel that if I am trying to be swayed in a particular direction, the most effective would be through visual argument. Verbal arguing can turn into rambling which defeats the purpose of having an argument because now the other person may not be listening. With a visual argument it’s like you come up with your own words based upon a picture or symbol,  and this can even expand an argument because more than one idea can be brought up from a specific picture.  Blair decides that neither is more persuasive than the other, but they are just different mediums of conveying ideas from one another.