Good Reasons Chapter 7 "Putting Good Reasons into Action" Rhetorical Precis

In Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer’s book Good Reasons imply that the reader will learn that most arguments use multiple approaches to achieve a specific purpose, thinking explicitly about the structure of arguments can help identify different ways to approach the topic and using different kinds of arguments can help you get started writing about a complex topic. The authors support their thesis by talking about finding a purpose for writing an argument, defining what diversity could mean according to the topic, how to write about your topic and getting started writing about complex issues. Their purpose is to show how picking a more specific topic is important in order to write about more complex topics. The intended audience for this chapter is college students or anyone else writing a about complex issues because Faigley and Selzer’s tell the reader how to write about complex issues.