"Good Reasons” Chapter 13 Précis

In their textbook, “Good Reasons Researching and Writing Effective Arguments,” chapter thirteen, authors Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer explain how proposal arguments work, how to recognize components of a proposal argument, and the steps in building a proposal argument. Faigely and Selzer develop their lesson by providing bulleted explanations of the components of arguments, an example of how to choose the topic, a chart of the steps to write an argument, and two examples of essays with annotations explaining the argument components. Their purpose is to teach students how to write a proposal argument in order to strengthen the student’s persuasive writing and influence on what someone should or should not do. Their intended audience is students because the content is very explanatory and factual.