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Argumentative Text

1.     1.   Definition

-        The argumentative text refers to text that takes a position about an idea or topic. The position can be for or against an idea, and the author of the text will support his or her position with extensive evidence. Some ideas to keep in mind while reading argumentative text are the claims, the evidence, and the audience.

 

2.     Purpose

a.      Expressing Positions (Views)

Argumentative texts are written with the aim of expressing the author's view or position. As we know, everyone has their own views, opinions and theories.

This reason underlies the argumentation text which has a diversity of thinking and in looking at the existing problems. These different views are then expressed in written form.

One way of expressing views is so that other people agree or for readers who have confidence in their own opinions to know the logical reasons and basic sources why the author has such views.

 

b.     Influence Behaviour

The purpose of another argumentation text is to influence behaviour. When the views or opinions of the author are explained logically and based on data. So, readers will agree. The biggest impact is, it will affect the behaviour of readers regarding issues written in the form of descriptive text.

 

c.      Attract Attention (Sympathy)

It seems that attracting the attention or attracting sympathy of readers is not easy. It takes high effort. For example, writers need to conduct research, and review literature, even if necessary, interviews or work directly in the field are needed.

 

d.     Logically Proving the Truth

The purpose of the last argumentation text is to prove the truth logically. Sometimes the problems we encounter in everyday life appear milling about without clarity.

Well, argumentation text is one of the efforts to prove the truth logically, so that the issues that are spread are no longer confusing.

Those are some of the purposes of writing argumentation texts. Of the several points above, only part of the goal is. There are still several other objectives that could not be mentioned one by one.

 

3.    3.    Language features

-        The main textual features in argumentative texts are given by textual and lexical items, that is, textual devices which are words used to enhance the effectiveness of the argument (i.e. declarative verbs, adversative, summative, concluding connectors, syntactic structures).

 

4.   4.     Structure

The argumentative texts have the following parts:

 

1)     Thesis or proposition

It refers to the main idea ​​of the text, the one that leads or guides the rest of the speech. It is closely related to the point of view you want to defend and can be easily identified by the following:

-        It is a strong but brief phrase or sentence.

-        It is expressed clearly and precisely since its objective is to avoid possible confusion for the reader.

-        It is defensible, which means that the idea opens a space for debate and arguments.

 

An example of a thesis or proposition for an argumentative text could be: "Disadvantages in the use of social networks by minors."

 

2)     Development or body of argument

-        It refers to the support of the thesis; that is, the reasoning or arguments that will serve to defend the main idea. These arguments are placed following a logical structure and can contain concepts, comparisons, examples, and quotes, among others.

In other words, the development of the argumentative text is made up of a series of statements that contain information -whether data, evidence, or opinions-, which serves to support the thesis.

 

 

3)     Conclusions

-        The conclusions are phrases or statements that close the argumentative text. In them, the final resolution of the author is placed, together with his main appreciations. Consequently, the function of the conclusion is a synthesis of everything that was argued in the previous parts.

 

5.   5.     Types

The argumentative texts can be classified as follows:

 

1)     According to the inclination of your arguments

 

a)     Supporting arguments

They are those texts whose arguments defend the thesis from redundancies or reiterations. This happens, for example, when the author places quotations or examples from other authors who agree with the idea that he is defending.

 

b)     Counterarguments

The contrary arguments work in the opposite way to the previous classification; in this case, the author places quotes or examples from other authors that go against what the writer wants to defend. This he does with the aim of refuting or dismantling the premises of the other authors.

 

2)     According to the functionality of its arguments

 

1.     Logical argumentation

They are arguments based on basic principles of logic, such as the law of cause and effect. These arguments follow the structure of syllogisms, which consist of reasoning made up of two premises and a conclusion. For example: 1. Men are mortal, Peter is man, therefore, Peter is mortal.

Within the argumentative texts, it is possible that some of the premises are not found explicitly, since the reader or addressee can intuit them implicitly. For example, Peter is a man and therefore is mortal.

 

2.     From proven facts

It refers to the data, statistics, or percentages that have been obtained after conducting a study. This classification is widely used in argumentative texts since it is objective information that usually effectively convinces the reader.

 

6.     6.   Sample

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