How to have a good argument
1. Choose your subject well and know it well
2. Structure = beginning, middle, and end
3. Content = the words, phrases, metaphors, and jokes to give it life.
4. Emotion = in the voice and body language
How to prepare for an argument
1. Work out the structure
2. Memorise the first line and the last line
3. Speak and practice
Vocabulary:
to grasp = to comprehension/ to understand / to take with your hand
a metaphor = is used to compare 2 things by describing another
to carry out = to perform a job
a point = a fact or a part of a bigger argument
to work out = to find a solution
to land a point = to deliver or say a point in an effective way
kind of = more or less
torture = to cause pain to another person
contort = to bend out of the normal shape
upset = to make unhappy/uncomfortable
to calibrate = to take external factors into account / to allow comparison with other data
to hold back = to hesitate to act or speak
to go for it = to try hard to achieve something
A killer argument = a winning argument
wound up = nervous
a cramp = is a pain in the body/ muscle
cramped up = stopped by pain
lackluster = lacking in energy or conviction
to flourish = grow or develop in a healthy way
to glow = to look or appear healthy/ with life
to put out = to make ready for use / to release
to come back = to answer/ to reply/ to respond with a counter-argument
a bully = is someone who forces another to do something they don’t want to do
let it slide = to not enforce the rules
To pin someone down = to force someone to be specific and make their intentions clear