Chapter 47 Summary!

This chapter talks about how to put together an essay that has to do with debatable issues and how to construct reasonable arguments. When your constructing an argument your goal is to not to have the last word or win but to explain your understanding of the truth of a subject or propose the without being combative. What you want is for readers to reconsider their opinions by offering new reasons and evidence to question their old viewpoints. One important thing you must remember is to be very informed of the issue you are trying to propose. This will be a great disadvantage if you are not, so you must do some research regarding your argument. One thing that you should do is to view your audience as jurors because you can't assume that your readers agree with you it's up to the reader to make up their own minds after listening to all sides of the argument.
After you have understand and have all the supportive information regarding your argument it's time to do your introduction and establish credibility. When constructing an argument make sure your introduction contains a thesis that states where you stand on the issue. To establish credibility you must you must show you are knowledgeable and fair minded. A tip that you should remember is that after reading your thesis and if you can't think of an opposing argument then rewrite your thesis. After, you have writing your thesis you should have lines of arguments which you can create an outline which it should consist of. You must have supportive information in your essay which consist of facts, statistics, examples, illustrations, and citing expert opinion. Also, don't  forget to at least have one paragraph that contradicts your argument but have it will inform and it will show that you are fair to your readers.
After reading this chapter it help me understand how to put together an argument essay and how to do a rough draft outline and what it should consist of. I'm going to use this information in my life and my classes because it was really helpful and if I have to write an argument I must be very careful and make sure I have the right information and the resources. This was a good chapter and very informative and going to keep it make for future reference.