Precis The Craft of Research - Part 3: Chapters 10 & 11

Chapter 10 talks about how to respond to other points of view in your essay. In order to write a full, and thoughtful research paper, other points of view must be acknowledged and responded to accordingly; otherwise, the argument will seem one-dimensional and incomplete. Explain the cracks in other points of view, and also why yours seems to be the better alternative. The authors give you a probable solution to just about any problem you might encounter while looking at other arguments. They also give you good ways to think of other points of view if you have trouble coming up with them on your own. Chapter 11 talks about warrants, or statements that connects reasons to claims. The authors discuss everything from creating your own warrants to questioning the relevance and significance of others warrants, and how to address them in your writing.
These chapters are both helpful to me, because they are the first main chapters that address how to look at other points of view. Also, they introduced me to the new term 'warrant' which I will now be keeping an eye out for. In my last essay, I did not generally address other points of view, or include warrants (that I was aware of), and now that I know how to do both, I will use these chapters to do that to the best of my ability.