Good Reasons Precis

In Lester Faigley's chapter "Reading Arguments,"  he identifies that controversies surround major issues and causes and identifying both sides of the issue is extremely significant in presenting an argument. Faigley provides evidence for the idea by breaking down how to "read critically" and what questions to ask yourself when you are developing your argument. His purpose was to break down the steps and processes it takes to develop an argument in order to make it purposeful and well developed. He writes to an audience that is mature in nature but at the same time are developing writing skills.

In Lester Faigley's chapter "Finding Arguments," he presents the idea that finding an argument takes close review of a piece of writing, identifying what kind of argument it was, and breaking down the argument in order to figure out the main subject of it. Faigley provides examples of arguments as well as uses defined terms to identify what type of things should be looked for. His purpose in writing this chapter was to provide for ways to identify arguments and the key elements of each type of argument. He speaks to an audience that appear to be developing writers, similar to that of chapter two.