Argument

The other day I went dress shopping with two of my girlfriends. I was trying on dozens of dresses until we came down to two. Linh was all for the green dress and Lyndsey was adamant on the White dress. I was stuck on a decision so I left it up to my friends to give me their reasons on why they preferred one dress over the other.

 Linhs said the green suited me better because the color would bring out my eyes, the fit accentuated my assets and the sequence made the dress flashier and would make me stand out more. Linh also brought up the point that I should listen to her because the last dress I bought, she chose and everyone loved it.Lyndsey said I should get the white dress because it was more modest, it made me look tanner and it had a unique cut. She then looked at the green dress and said that green would make me look like a giant vegetable. She also went on to say that I always choose Linh's choice and so I should listen to her.

Over all, Linh had claimed that a green dress would bring out my eye color, a form fitting dress looks good on my figure and sequince makes me stand out. Lyndsey had said thatwhite stands for modesty and white makes people look tanner.

They used different appeals in order to get me to see their side. Linh used ethos by bringing up the point that she knows what she is talking about by past experiences. Lyndsey used pathos to get me to be on her side by stating that I always choose Linh. She made me feel bad about never listening to her. She also used humiliation by telling me I will look like a vegetable with a green dress.

Lyndsey used the red herring fallacy also when she brought up that I always take Linh's advice. It had nothing to do with her argument. She distracted me by bringing this up.

This argument demonstrates that Linh favors more scandalous, sexy type of fashion. She is confident with her body and feels it is good to show it off. Lyndsey is more modest. She thinks less is more.

Linh's strength is that she used my specific features and flattered me to get her to choose her.  She could have strengthened her argument by putting down the white dress.Lyndsey's strength was that she listed good points on the dress itself, but not to how it would look when it was off the hanger and on me. She did a good job of putting down the color of the green dress. She had me think about whether or not I truly wanted such a bold color.

My concluding thoughts on the argument was that they both had good strategies and points but all in all I chose the green dress because I felt I looked better in it and Linh had me realize how good I would look in it based on my features.