. Finally, the ironic argument addresses the behavior and not your brother. It is a simple declaration of your feelings, expressed in such a way that must be decoded as being false. The opposite meaning needs to be realized before the statement is comprehended. Then the receiver must implicate him/herself in the statement. The ironic argument requires the receiver to make a connection between one's action and the meaning imbedded in the argument. The sarcastic argument makes this connection more explicitly without directing stating the connection is negative. Only in the literal argument does the sender make a connection between the target and the action with a valancing of the action. Such distinctions may appear minor in their argumentative structure, but the outcomes are likely to be much greater