Bedford Researcher - Chapter 12

Chapter 12 in the bedford Reader was all about developing your argument and making it the best it can be. It was divided into two parts, the first being "How can i support my thesis statement" and the second one being "How can i assess the integrity of my argument". The first section had 4 bullet points, the first being "choose reasons". This basically means you need to have many reasons to support your thesis. The more reasons, the better! The other useful thing i got from this section was that you need to decide how to appeal to your readers. There are appeals to emotion, authority, principles, values, beliefs, character, and logic. Each of these appeals is directed at a certain demographic. So depending on the type of paper you are writing, or what point you are trying to get across, consider using different appeals. The second half of this chapter was all about assessing the integrity of your argument by checking for fallacies. By searching for these you can eliminate them, and by doing this you strengthen your argument.