Style and arrangement are a very important part in speech and writing and can really change the affect it has upon the audience. The three techniques to be used in writing and speaking are logos, pathos and ethos. These are the main ways to form a successful argument, by connecting to the audience on an emotional level, by being logical and having evidence, like statistics, to support your argument, and connecting with the audience so that they believe you are someone they should listen to and trust. How we arrange our speech matters because different audiences will be attracted and drawn to different things and respond differently than others. The premise and conclusion are two critical parts of the argument. If the conclusion does not support your premise then the argument is unsuccessful, obviously. A probability was defined as any kind of statement that predicts something regarding human behavior. The idea was to be able to make a statement and then prove how your premise was correct. It was advised to start with accepted premises and then move on to ones that are not as widely accepted. I think that is a good way to start any argument because you can draw people in by pointing out things they do know and then flip to something related but different and show them why what you are presenting is correct. I think Socrates did this all the time. He would take examples of what a person would do in a situation according to what they themselves had stated they would, and then added in a different situation where what they had said they believed became more complicated. He would then wrap it by saying so then isn’t it this and the second debater would either be forced to accept what Socrates had said or find some way to prove how his original idea was correct. I’m thinking more specifically about when he is talking with a man who is headed to the courthouse to put his father in jail because his father had murdered someone. I’m not going to lie Socrates is one of my least favorite people but he makes this argument into a complicated one twisting this man (I cannot think of his name) into knots, although the man manages to stick to his original stance on the issue. What I am trying to get at is how important arrangement and style is, and I think a good technique for an argument is starting with what people know and then leading them down a different path with that knowledge. That also deals with common topics and is another way they can be used in an argument.