Chapter 7 Rhetorical Presis

            Good Reasons (2012),chapter 7: Putting Good Reasons into Action, by Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer suggests that good arguments are made up of several argument methods.  They begin the chapter by presenting the reader a hypothetical, yet realistic, situation for the reader to consider an argument.  They do this in order to demonstrate how arguments are composed of multiple approaches and how using a multitude of techniques can be helpful when writing about more complicated topics, "have a purpose in mind, and they use the kinds of arguments [...] most often in combination--as means to an end. Most arguments use multiple approaches and multiple sources of good reasons." (92).  The main audience is the students the material is be presented to but the chapter contains valuable information that could be useful to anyone who may be writing an argumentative paper or persuasive speech about a complex topic.




















            Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons: Research and Writing Effective Arguments, Fifth Edition.  Glenview: Pearson Education, 2011. Print.