Considering Types

I read briefly about five different types of arguments. They are position, causal, evaluative, proposal, and refutation. All of them have their strengths and weaknesses but one can be chosen to be the basis of my argument in Project 3!

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Reading over a brief description of the five different types of arguments, two particular arguments stood out as a good fit for my project were an evaluative arguments and a position argument. Both argument types draw on established ideas, social constructs or tangible objects to prove their purpose to their audience. A position argument in my subject, nuclear fusion, would defend the position people are taking about the high cost of nuclear fusion and how it might not be worth all that money. While an evaluative argument, might evaluate why a small startup company like Tri Alpha Energy is getting so much monetary support and success in regards to their advancement of their nuclear fusion reactor. 

I thought one of these arguments was not a good fit for my subject and this argument was a causal argument. My main reason for disliking this type of argument was that many of the articles I read about nuclear fusion had this style all ready and I thought that I could differentiate my project's view from their's by first changing how I argue my view in project 3.