Purpose
• To persuade by presenting arguments
• To analyze or explain ‘how’ and ‘why’
Text Organization
• A thesis
• Arguments
• Reiteration
Language Features
• Emotive words
(e.g.: alarmed, worried)
• Words that qualify statements
(e.g.: usual, probably)
• Words that link arguments
(e.g.: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore)
• The use of the present tense
• The use of compound and complex sentences
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