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OCR: What's wrong with this picture? The road sign claims that you can go in only two directions, but the landscape shows that all directions are possible In this context, the road sign doesn't make sense Context is literally what surrounds an argument Think about this way I1 the road sign IS your argument, it has to make sense where it's placed The same is true of other arguments In order to make an effective argument, you need to think about the immediate context the format the location, the audience -and the larger cultural context. Click on the buttons to the left to explore how format, location and audience can affect an argum ent.