Chapter 14 Reading

This chapter is about writing a classical argument. It discusses how to make an argument and take stands on issues. The introduction to the chapter clarifies the two main components involved in argumentation. The first one is “truth seeking” and the second component is “persuasion”. One of the things that helped me out a lot in this chapter is how to find an arguable issue. It shows you ways to find an argument such as asking questions. This chapter also deals with gathering evidence and determining whether or not it supports your claims. Over all this chapter was very useful but I think it would have been more useful if I had read it before starting my essay. I think it would have been easier to formulate an argument.