The Bedford Researcher Chapter 12 summary

William Hoffmann
English 102
1/29/14

 

 

The Bedfored Researcher Chapter 12 summary

 

 

 

 

       In Chapter 12 the Bedford Researcher discussed how to develop your argument. Developing your thesis statement is crucial to developing the body of your paper. For developing a thesis it is important to include reasons, evidence to support your reasons, and decide how to appeal to your readers. Many ways have been developed to appeal to your readers such as, appealing to authority, appealing to emotion, appealing to principals, and values, appealing to character, and appealing to emotion. However, a writer must be careful how they want to appeal to their reader, because depending on their argument and situation one appeal may be more appropriate to use than another. Deduction and Induction are good logic appeals as well when developing an argument. Deduction has moral and ethical appeals while Induction is more based on probability

       Integrity is another very important key step in developing your arguments. Making sure you have good integrity to your arguments and analysis is important if you want to convince your readers. Some key fallacies  to avoid when developing the body of your paper are: A red herring, irrelevent history, or jumping on a bandwagon. If writing or reading it is a good idea to avoid using or recognizing the following fallacies: Stacking the deck, questionable analogies, either/or arguments, and circular reasoning.