7: The Argumentative Text

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is not just a matter of linguistic ability; on the contrary, it means ability to defend our personal point of view about an issue, by being aware of the social issues which enables us carry out everyday tasks.

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Argumentative style

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defined as a type of discourse concerned with presentation and evaluation of arguments to persuade and convince the audience.

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Argumentative Text

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aimed to reinforce the truth of the thesis based on relevant authors, personal experience or analogy.

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Positive Arguments

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aimed to refute the arguments or ideas against the main thesis to be developed.

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Negative Argument

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Types of Argumentative Text

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Subjective and Objective

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the speaker or writer desire to communicate certain ideas to provoke the audience. The speaker or writer starts by presenting an argument either explicit or implicit before arriving at a conclusion.

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Subjective

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types of subjective text

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speeches and written discourse

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Objective text is also known as

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scientific type

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the speaker or writer speaks in an _________ point of view based on a given data from bibliographic references of relevant authors, from author’s personal experience and by analogy. It involves exposition, explanation, definition or
interpretation of a given issue.

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Objective

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the proposition is presented in the thesis statement.

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Introduction

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Structure of argumentative text

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introduction
developmental paragraph
conclusion

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parts of a Developmental Paragraph

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Explanation of the Issue
Outline of argument
Proofs/evidences
Refutation

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the author can modify the opinions of the audience by making effective discourse when introducing the different approaches to the issue.

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Explanation of the Issue

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difficult points of the argument which must be presented in a concise, organized and coherent way. The argument is more effective in this part because the audience is better informed.

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Outline of argument

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supports main arguments with contributions from literary authorities and references (uses cues such as “ as a matter of fact”,”historically”, “what’s more”), the purpose of which is to invite the audience or readers to reflect on them and consider the references to strengthen the arguments.

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Proofs/evidences

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opposite thoughts of the argument are presented. Presenting the other side of the issue will establish more interest on the part of the audience.

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Refutation

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end the argument with a good summary of the opposite arguments, positive and negative which reflects the author’s position of an issue. The concluding statement will either present a universal truth or additional contribution to the issue.

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Conclusion

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concerns unity of all sentences in a paragraph. A piece of writing has unity when all the ideas and information relate to the topic sentence or the thesis statement.

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Cohesion

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It is presenting the ideas and sentences in a logical way. The text is semantically connected when ideas are related to each other, thus, the reader understands the concept.

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Coherence

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a very common process in word formation. It is a shortened form of a word. It may mean cutting from both ends and leaving a part to stand for the whole.

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CLIPPING

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using two words together into one.

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BLENDING

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a combination of two words blended into one.

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portmanteau

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blending was first used by who

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lewis caroll in “through the looking glass”

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two or three words put together to make a full form. These two words are often written as separate words. it is also separated by a hyphen.

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COMPOUNDING

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Words formed from initial letter or syllables of several words in succession

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ACRONYMY

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a change of word in part or in whole to make it more like a familiar word. This process is actually a misunderstanding of a word which later accepted as the correct
meaning

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FOLK OR POPULAR ETYMOLOGY

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The Introduction

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Hook
Background
information
Thesis statement

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Developing an Argument

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Evidence
Specific details
examples

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Types of Word Formation

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Clipping
Blending
Compounding
Acronymy
Folk or Popular Etymology