Pick One Concept from the Reading - Prescriptive and Descriptive Claims

One concept from chapter 2 is the prescriptive and descriptive claims. Both of these are interesting concepts of chapter 2 because both prescriptive and descriptive claims can be used to describe things. The difference between these two claims is that when someone makes a descriptive claim they are talking about what it is, while a prescriptive claim explains what something should be. Prescriptive claims usually involve a sense of valued judgment which also means that prescriptive claims are usually someone's opinion of a subject. Descriptive claims are usually based on facts because a descriptive claim is based on what something is.

I believe that both prescriptive and descriptive claims are important to public speaking and critical thinking because a descriptive claim can start a conversation but prescriptive claims are what keeps the conversation going. I believe this because prescriptive claims are claims that are based other peoples opinions and not everyone agrees on the same thing.