The chapter "Reading Arguments" by Kathleen T. McWhorter, appears in Successful College Writing, a book that guides college student to success in the college writing world with helpful tips through the use of certain skills, strategies, and learning styles. This chapter helps the reader comprehend and recognize the basic parts of an argument and how to understand key elements of support in an argument.
Although people should already what an argument is, to identify one in writing can be a little difficult. McWhorter explains how there are different types of argument which can range between an emotional, irrational argument and a rational effective argument. In those different types of arguments there are four basic parts: the issue, the claim, the