Good Reasons Ch 9 Casual Arguments Rhetorical Precis

            In the book Good Reasons Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer’s claim that the reader will learn the basics of writing a casual argument. They support their thesis by telling the reader how casual arguments work, how to find causes, how to build a casual argument, steps to writing a casual argument, how to write about it and examples of written casual arguments. The authors’ purpose is to explain that casual argument can take three basic forms, causes can be identified by using four different methods and effective casual argument go beyond the obvious causes to explore complex relationships in order to teach the reader write casual arguments well. College students and really anyone having to or wanting to write a casual argument is who this chapter is intended for; they show different examples of casual arguments, such as articles and a student’s essay.