In the seventh Chapter, “Putting Good Reasons into Action,” of Good Reasons (2012), Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer claim that people do not often start with a particular argument structure, but that they use various argument structures to discuss their purpose. Faigley and Selzer support this by providing a distinct example of a reason for writing and many options for how to write regarding this example, but carefully showing that the hypothetical writing did not start with an argument structure but an idea that could then be used with argument structures to appeal to the audience. The purpose of this chapter is to inform students that it is not good to choose an argument structure before finding an argument in order to prevent students from the failure that they will more than likely witness and feel if they do choose a structure before an argument. The intended audience of this chapter is a group of college students, because the chapter considers that the reader is above 18 years of age (using “citizen”), uses the idea of a recently bought car which suggests above 16 years of age, and college-level topics like drunk driving and research regarding an article for a local newspaper.
Works Cited
Faigley, Lester and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons: Researching and Writing Effective Arguments. Chicago: Pearson, 2012. Print
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