Rhetorical Precis: Chapter 7

            In Chapter 7of the book Good Reasons the authors Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer give descriptionhow to go about finding a purpose as to write an argument.  As an example they use the example of yourself buying a new car and having it wrecked by a drunk driver.  In this they give several examples of how an argument could be written in order to consider the many topics that could be chosen as arguments.  This serves as an guideline for writers of research papers in considering the many topics that could be covered from the example given above.

Rhetroical Precis: Chapter 9

            In Chapter 9 of the book Good Reasons the authors Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer define the concept of Casual Arguments.  The authors give an outline to six steps in the process of writing a casual argument. In illustrating the process of the steps, the authors use diagrams showing the ways causes and effects are related in order that the reader may get an understanding of how to go about writing a casual argument.  The concept is illustrated to show writers of research papers the process of writing effective casual arguments.