Rhetorical Precis on Good Reasons Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, "Drafting and Revising Arguments", of Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer’s Good Reasons (2012), Faigley and Selzer assert different strategies on how to evaluate a thesis, discern reader attitudes, organize arguments, and proofread written arguments. They first explain how to clearly state and evaluate one's own thesis, followed by how to identify reader attitudes toward you, as the writer, and your topic; lastly, they break down a step-by-step on how to organize your argument and an outline of how to proofread both your own arguments as well as others. Faigley and Selzer write in order to give a clear and thorough guide and the follow-up to writing an article, supplying tips on how to effectively present everything from the introduction to the conclusion. Their intended audience is students who have just written an argumentative paper that wish to go back and proofread, making sure they presented and articulated their argument as well as possible.