Chapter Three Rhetorical Summary

In their book, “Good Reasons,” Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer emphasize how to effectively create a writing assignment by including reasoning with evidence. In order to recognize the importance of having reasoning and evidence in one’s writing, the authors state: “When a writer doesn’t provide satisfactory evidence to support a because clause, readers might feel that there has been a failure in the reasoning process.” Clearly, it is necessary to back up a claim with evidence so that readers are able to feel a sense of relevancy within the text. This article is intended for anyone who is involved in creating essays that involve having a claim and backing it up with evidence.