How to Argue Effectively by Dave Barry is a great piece of art. I found it to be extremely funny and also very helpful. I really think I might follow some of his ideas. I particularly liked his idea of comparing the person you are arguing with to Adolf Hitler. I think I might use this in the near future. Overall, the whole paper was written beautifully and very cleverly. My brother took speech and debate in high school and did very well in it. He was ranked as top in the nation for speech and debate, and reading this reminded me a lot of how he argues. He will bring up random statistics that I’m not even sure are true and if I ask where he got it, he wouldn’t respond to my question. Another part I liked in the paper that reminded me of my brother is when Barry tells the reader to use Latin abbreviations. My brother doesn’t do Latin abbreviations, but he will use words that people don’t really know in order to confuse the person he is talking to. He also sounds so sure of himself as he says something that people automatically agree with him even though he might not be correct. Being a twin with him, and around him often, I know he isn’t always correct however, everyone always thinks he is. Overall, this personal narrative really grabbed my attention and I was even able to connect to what the author was saying.
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