Ch 13 Pages 309-317
Engaging in classical arguments.
This chapter backtracks from what we have been learning in the first two papers to focus on picking a side and defending or arguing against it. They talk of "engaging classical arguments", which they mean to be picking a topic and a side of said topic and using literary and rhetorical skills to determine your standing and make visible a point or a standing that you discovered through your writing. They explore what an argument is, and in the book it says "the study or argumentation involves two components: truth seeking and persuasion."
they then go on to list tips to "grow as an arguer" and develop new techniques to defending your point and seeking truth in your topic as you explore the argument and find new positions and standings as well as proof behind standing arguments. Lastly they talk about finding arguable topics, which is necessary, as there are certain topics you can't find much ground for starting an argument seeing as it is black or white, or adversely too grey, with too much flexibility to be proven.
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