Concealed Claims

In Chapter 9 of the Epstein’s handbook, the authors present a rather interesting topic about word choice in arguments. They labeled this discussion as concealed claims in which the author or speaker chooses his words carefully to portray what he wants to say. It’s like the saying that there is more than one way to present the same idea. Now taking this concept, we can apply it to the sense that a topic can appear good and bad. For instance, the Indians are killing all the cattle in the area. When I read this sentence, I associate the word killing with a negative connotation. Thus, I believe that are Indians are bad guys. But from a different point of view like the Indians they may be killing the cattle for food. Now the topic becomes controversial, but the main point is that how we chooses words can effect whether we know it or not how a person may interpret their idea. A good writer will carefully choose his words to convey the meaning he wants.