BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: NARRATIVE AND STRUCTURE 14322 + 23
24
This paragraph contains repetition and the main analytical point being made
does not start until claim 22. However, to be thorough, I have also demonstrated
how the first part of the paragraph contains a 'side argument' (of sorts) (see below).
Here are two interesting features of the paragraph:
i. This claim is the general rule that is being applied to make the link from 22
to 24. Therefore this claim is the framing premise; and the type of reasoning
in the whole 22, 23, and 24 ensemble is general-to-specific.
j. The trace of reasoning 'then it is easy to see why' does not form part of the
claim and is therefore excluded from the brackets.Here's how the 'side argument' can be written out:
x. References allow an author to obviate the need to detail and support every
single premise in their arguments and explanations.
y. References allow an author to rely on the authority of the source from
which they obtained the information they are presenting.
a. Relying on the authority of the source from which authors obtained the
information they are presenting obviates the need to detail and support
every single premise in their arguments and explanations.
z. Allen, writing in Smart Thinking, chapter 6 explains the way in which refer-
ences allow an author instead to rely on the authority of the source from
which they obtained the information they are presenting in more detail.y i + l a