The Rhetorical Pr\u00e9cis Format<\/h2>\n

a)<\/strong> In a single coherent sentence give the following:
-name of the author, title of the work, date in parenthesis;
-a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “assert,” “argue,” “deny,” “refute,” “prove,” disprove,” “explain,” etc.);
-a that<\/strong><\/i> clause containing the major claim (thesis statement) of the work. <\/p>\n

b)<\/strong> In a single coherent sentence give an explanation of how the author develops and supports the major claim (thesis statement).<\/p>\n

c)<\/strong> In a single coherent sentence give a statement of the author’s purpose, followed by an “in order” phrase.<\/p>\n

d)<\/strong> In a single coherent sentence give a description of the intended audience and\/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

\n Charles S. Peirce’s <\/a>article, “The Fixation of Belief (1877),<\/a>asserts that <\/a> humans have psychological and social mechanisms designed to protect and cement (or “fix”) our beliefs.<\/a>Peirce backs this claim up with descriptions of four methods of fixing belief, pointing out the effectiveness and potential weaknesses of each method.<\/a>Peirce’s purpose is to point out the ways that people commonly establish their belief systems<\/a>in order to<\/a>jolt the awareness of the reader into considering how their own belief system may the product of such methods and to consider what Peirce calls “the method of science” as a progressive alternative to the other three.<\/a>Given the technical language used in the article, Peirce is writing to an well-educated audience with some knowledge of philosophy and history and a willingness to other ways of thinking.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" READ THE ATTACHMENT BELLOW =>>> Below is a sample Rhetorical Pr\u00e9cis with comments embedded. To read the comments, position the cursor over the mark and click on it. A new window will open with a commentary on that part of the Rhetorical Pr\u00e9cis. This interactive sample is designed to give you a way to examine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}