Deadline #10 HW #1 Reading Reflection

This week's readings were about causal arguments and proposals. Chapter 10 from Everything's an Argument discussed about understanding casual arguments, characteristics, and how to develop a casual argument. Casual arguments are arguments that deal with cause and effect. On page 288-289, it clearly shows the three main catergories of casual arguments: Arguments that state a cause and then examine its effect(s), arguments that state an effect and then trace the effect back to its cause(s), and arguments that move through a series of links: A causes B, which leads to see and perhaps to D. The images are helpful to understand casual arguments. Casual arguments are often part of other arguments, complex, and defintion based. On page 307-312 are helpful guide in creating a casual argument. Chapter 11 from Everything's an Argument talks about understanding proposals, characteristics, and how to develop a proposal. Proposals have the form of "A should do B because of C". There is a great example on page 331 that shows what a proposal is. Proposals are a call of action or response to a problem, focus on the future, and center the audience. To develop a proposal you need to define a need or problem, make a strong claim, and show the proposal addresses the problem and is feasible. On page 346-350 has a guide to make a proposal, which is useful. The websites were about essay arrangement and how to use transitions properly, a complete discussion on the Toulmin method and how to make one, and discussion about thesis/claims. This week's readings are going to help me complete my WP #3 and use different argument methods.