Rhetorical Précis of Margaret Woodworth's Article

In Margaret Woodworth's article "The Rhetorical Précis" (2007) she asserts that younger students become better writers in general  when they engage in daily practice in writing summaries such as rhetorical précis. Woodworth supports her claim by suggesting that after students have mastered the rhetorical précis process students will be able to easily see the use of rhetoric in an article. This highly structured four-sentence paragraph highlights the important rhetorical elements. Her purpose in writing this article was to show how utilizing the rhetorical précis in an English class can help improve the success of the student overall, such as having 76% more students find understanding what they read "less difficult." Margaret Woodworth seems to have a supportive tone towards the use of rhetorical précis inside an English classroom. With the tremendous statistics that support this versatile way of summarizing it seems as if Margaret Woodworth actually uses this strategy herself. Keeping in mind that her audience is both teachers and students, she does not fail to give crucial facts and explain the importance of this strategy; for it will help the learning of her audience for a lifetime.