Rhetorical Précis for Chapter 3 in Choices 2.0

In chapter three, Making Choices about Stucture, of Choices 2.0 (2010). Joe Marshall Hardin claims that the back bone of a paper is the thesis statement. The thesis statement enables the reader to understand what key points will be discussed throughout the paper. Supporting material is anything from statistics, to the writer's original ideas or purpose for writing the paper, and this follows the thesis and is the meat of the paper. Hardin also discusses the ways narrative writing contributes to an essay. Another key point Hardin touches on in this chapter is making choices about description and making it as concrete as possible. Hardin outlines that a writer must utilize description to (1) make use of all five senses, if appropriate, (2) make us of comparisons, (3) be dynamic, (4) focus on making a dominant impression, (5) employ "branding" and dialogue. Throughout the chapter Hardin explains the different types of structures that can be used for writing such as argumentative structures and analytical structures. This chapter is projected for an audience that is trying to understand the usage of narrative in a piece of writing as well as exploring different structures of writing. Joe Hardin provided wonderful examples and the way his writing flows is easy to understand allowing the reader to fully grasp the concept he is trying to get across.