Chapter Four Rhetorical Precis

In their book, “Good Reasons,” Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer assert the importance of how writing and constructing a thesis is a vital ingredient to an essay and to an argument. Faigley and Selzer stand by their claim by including organizational outlines as well as step-by-step processes that prove and display how this method works. The authors’ purpose is to open up their reader’s eyes of how to construct a proper thesis in order to create an effective argument. Faigley and Selzer appear to be targeting an audience that is interested in expanding their knowledge in regards to their writing techniques.