Evidences, hard-core facts, to prove your audience what you are saying is true. Chapter sixteen in Lunsford is basely telling toy how to “juggle” everything and mix it in with evidence at the same time. Also in Lunsford, its shows us different kinds of evidences.
Basely in Lunsford chapter 16 is about what kind of evidence you can use in your argument to prove something. There are two different evidence first hand and second hand evidence. First hand evidence is more direct from the source, from your own eyes. For example observation is first hand evidence because you, yourself is observing it from your very own eyes. Another example of first hand evidence is Surveys and Questionnaires, but to really get your claim, the survey question must be short answer question not a yes and no question. Experiments are also first hand evidence, science is mostly common to use this to support their claim, but experiment can support any argument. Of course what couldn’t be a better evidence if you went thought it yourself, personal experience. However, all personal experience probably wont is the best way to prove something but it can draw in readers.
However not all evidence are first hand, there is secondhand evidence and research. Library sources are all second hand because someone else wrote it. But the most important thing about second hand evidence is that we have to be careful and check if the source itself is reliable. Online sources and databases have a lot of argument sources available; the Internet is a super national highway.
Therefore, using all those different kind of evidence, you still have to know how to draw in the audience and keep them there with you in your writing. You have to know how to connect with your audience. At the same time build critical mass, knowing how to back up your evidence. Also knowing how to arrange your evidence, which evidence goes with what point. To make sure you prove your side of the argument.
In my opinion, the part that would help me most to achieve the most prefect essay in my writing career I believe that the most important part of chapter sixteen that will help me is arrange evidence because base on what Dr.Wood told me, I have to work on weaving my essays. I believe this part can help me in that area to support what I need to say and proving it.
Lastly, Chapter sixteen in the everything’s an argument is just telling us that everything needs to be supported with some kind of evidence, wither if its first handed or second handed. If you can “juggle” everything in chapter sixteen in Lunsford, you can overcome any kind of essay.
