Alright so ch 9 is about arguing. The chapter begins by stating weather you are making a report or an argument. An argument is, according to the text, interpreting, analyzing, concluding, claiming, and persuading. And the difference between that and reporting is that reporting is summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, describing, and telling. To sum it up an argument is something that persuades people to believe what you want them to believe.
Developing a thesis is the next part of the chapter and it talks about how to do this in different steps. I personally haven't really had problems developing a thesis. You just have to make sure that the information given is complex, clear, and insightful.
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are mentioned in here as well. Being that we have gone over this in class and I have been using all three of these techniques since middle school I believe I have a clear understanding of how to use them in my writing.
Towards the end of the chapter it just goes into more of argument and counterarguments. I think that this chapter is another pointless chapter. I know how to do all of these things and hearing them over again is not going to help me. I can make an argument and I can make sure that my argument makes sense and is believable to others.
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