34. ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS: STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICIS

34. ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS: STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICIS

1. 1. INTRODUCTION

   • study of texts
     • Aristotle´s Poetic
       • Halliday & Hasan
   • argument is everywhere
     • initial motivation => conflict

2. 2. ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS: CONCEPT

   • definition of argumentative texts
     • presentation & evaluation of arguments
       • main purporse = convince or persuade an audience
   • audience´s characteristics
   • persuasive discourse classification
     • deliverative oratory
     • forensic oratory
     • ceremonial oratory
   • parts of argumentation
     • - inventio - dispositio - elocutio - memoria - pronunciation
   • argument-discovery argument-arrangement style storage delivery
     • style & storage = oral persuasive texts
     • the first three ones both oral and written argumentative texts

3. 3. ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS: CHARACTERISTICS

   • - long sentences - logical subordination - order connectors & coordinators
   • reason connectors & consequence
   • 1st person: singular o plural
   • emotive language & opinion verbs
   • topic = subject
     • subject --> thesis --> form of a proposition
   • three modes of persuassion
     • ETHOS: speaker´s personal character
     • PATHOS: appealing to audience´s emotions
     • LOGOS: appealing to reason

4. 4. ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS: STRUCTURE

   • introduction
   • statement of the fact
   • confirmation
   • refutation
   • conclusion

5. 5. CONCLUSION

   • persuasive effect on the audience
   • - introduction - main body - arguments - counterarguments - conclusion
   • classroom level