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In chapter 6, we are now getting into building cases. First thing that came into my mind were lawyers and court cases. This portion of the book actually talks about building arguments through carefully thought out steps as well as chapter 5 did. In case building there are a few steps differently than the last chapter. First, in case building you want to identify your why for the argument. Or identify the ultimate purpose the book states. Then state your proposition, after that you want to assess presumptions and burden of proof. When the book got to this point, I instantly started to think about lawyers in tv shows I watch. This happen because lawyers use this model style in court cases all the time. I think the most important step to this chapter is understanding your why. Because people have to know why you’re doing something for them to put their trust in you and believe what you are arguing. I think this chapter of the book isn’t something you’re going to use a lot or even at all. Case building is for really big arguments and is used when you are trying to have huge change as the outcome. For instance, court cases and trying to put criminals away or court cases where you are trying to win a law suit.  Majority of us have simple arguments we get into in our daily lives which would involve using simple argument builders and models. I think this a great model to learn about, but just not something I would find myself using in everyday life like the other models.

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