cHAPTER 12

Chapter 12 is about your argument and how to make one, how to support it, and how you can make it credible. The book runs you through a step by step proses on how to develop your argument first. Step one is all about choosing your reason/ topic for your argument. In this you show reason for your argument. These reason’s should focus your topic, be informative to the reader, be straight forward if deemed necessary, provide what the book calls “Reasonable judgment”, and a list of reasons  to go with your argument showing why you chose your argument in the first place. Step 2 find evidence to support your argument. This is straight forward find factual information to back your claims up so you don’t look like a crazy mad crazy person with no evidence, this makes you look stupid. Step three find ways to appeal to your readers. In other words don’t present things or arguments to your audience that has nothing to do with your audience. This avoids mad crowds or getting laughed at from the crowed. Think of it as going to an IV league college such as Stanford and delivering a speech about the “Thug Life” in front of all of the professors. They will just laugh at you or sit in silence judging you, which they do any ways. Now we move to how to show integrity in your argument. This goes with finding good data, if you find faulty data that just gets you off track of your argument, the argument will be considered invalid and all of your hard work will be for nothing. Next don’t go on discrediting people just because, this is not only wrong, but it makes you look ignorant and in the case where you are wrong and they are right, now you just look like an idiot. Finally don’t use irrelevant data, this can discredit your argument making it invalid. The book goes on about looking for fallacy’s and not to integrate them into your argument. For a more in-depth understanding on chapter 12 consult the book. Have a nice day.