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1、ArgumentationAims:1.Knowingtodefinetheterm,2.Comparingthisstyleofwritingwithexposition,description,andnarration3.KnowingrequirementsofaGOODargumentativeessay4.Knowinghowtooutlineanaugmentativeessay:threeparts.Procedure:(theory-practice)Thepurposeofexpositionistoinform;thepurp
2、oseofargumentation,ontheotherhand,istoconvince.Whileanexpositorypapermakesknownsomethingandexplainsittomakethereaderunderstand,anargumentativeessaytriestomakethereaderagreewithitspointofviewandsupportit,topersuadehimtochangehismindorbehavior,andtoapproveapolicyoracourseofacti
3、onthatitproposes.Speechesonpolicies,editorialsofnewspapers,articlesonpoliticalortheoreticalquestions,andvariousproposalsareoftenargumentative.Argumentationfrequentlymakesuseoftheotherthreetypesofwriting---description,narration,andaboveallexposition,forargumentationandexpositi
4、onareverycloselyrelated---argumentationisactuallyexpositionwiththeadditionalpurposeofconvincingorpersuading.Althoughtheycantakedifferentshapes,argumentativeessayshavecertainbasicfeaturesincommon.Ifyouwishtowriteagoodargumentativeessay,youshoulddoyourbesttomeetthefollowingrequ
5、irements:(1)AdebatablepointItisimperativethatthepapershouldhaveadebatablepoint,thatis,somethingwhichcanbeviewedfrommorethanoneangleandisthereforeopentodispute.Generallyspeaking,thefollowingarenotgoodthemes.1)Merestatementsoffacts“Chinesedoctorsuseacupunctureanesthesiatoperfor
6、mcertainoperations”isafactthatcannotbedebated.Butifitischangedinto“acupunctureanesthesiashouldreplaceconventionalanesthesiainalloperations”,itbecomesdebatable.2)Statementsofpersonalpreference“BaJinismyfavoriteauthor”expressespersonalpreferencewhichdoesnotleadtodispute.Butasta
7、tementlike“BaJinisthegreatestChinesewriterofthe20thcentury”isdisputableandsufficientevidenceshouldbeprovided.3)ViewpointsthataregenerallyacceptedorcanbeeasilyverifiedItisuniversallyknownthat“noisepollutionisharmfultopeople’shealth”,butitisnotgenerallyacceptedthat“noisepolluti
8、onisthemostharmfulofallenvironmentalpollution”.Theformerviewpointcan