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Arguments can be made anywhere we want them to be made. We can look at some of these arguments that we are making by examining the communities we use to make them in. Perceived in terms of context, argument is discussed in terms of the “audience” to whom it is addressed or in terms of the “community,” “field” or “sphere” in which it takes place. (McKerrow, p.27) By looking at a professional sports event I …

…is within that community. We can also see what elements must occur for there to be argumentation at all in that community. Finally, not only was shown the community, which argumentation can happen in, but also the audience that is involved in the argumentation that happens in this community. Works Cited 1. McKerrow, Raymie E. “Argument Communities.” Perspectives On Argumentation: Essays in Honor of Wayne Brockriede. Ed. Robert Trapp, Janice Shuetz. Illinois: Waveland Press Inc., 1990. 27-42.