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by AIordache - (2020-01-12)
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How to write an argumentative text

 

In the present text, I am going to explain the methodological path to write a fluent argumentative text.

I intend  to proceed referring to the proper organization into paragraphs according to the structure of an argumentative text.

Each paragraph plays a specific function and should be cohesive and coherent.

First of all, the main body of the text starts with an introductory paragraph stating  the thesis  and the way the text will move forward.

Secondly, it is important to refer to the subject of discussion and report quotations or data that inspired the discussion.


Afterwards, the argumentation is developed through a sequence of paragraphs exploiting  the arguments in favour of (pros) and their examples or explanations and the arguments against (cons) with examples or explanations.

In order to produce a cohesive text, paragraphs should be introduced by connectors used to link ideas in a unified line of reasoning snd according to a logical thread.

Last but not least, he conclusion draws  the results of the discussion with the writer's personal considerations and the reassertion of the thesis.

 

 

Example of argumentative text

In the present text, I am going to analyze page 208-209 from the Postmodern novel Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson.
The protagonists are two lovers, Ray and Victor. Ray is the narrator's voice and the story is narrated from her /his point of view.

In the pages, Ray feels protected and at he ease in Victor's house, especially in Victor's bed. I

Now,I  am going to proceed by explaining how the sensation is constructed by the writer and how Ry's feeling makes the text coherent and cohesive.

In the starting paragraph, Victor is carefully undressing Ray, the writer uses the simile "like a mother" to describe such behavior. She also affirms she likes his bed because it is firm. It sounds as if  the  bed were a shelter where she can hide from the rest of the world and feel calm and peaceful.

After that Victor comes from the kitchen with some food and feeds her. The writer develops the idea of a mother figure thus recalling the previous simile and makes the text even more cohesive by the comparison "as if I am a baby bird".

The two lovers' relationship is depicted by the metaphor of the snake that swallows its tail. The figure conveys the idea of a circle, a symbol of perfection which is also meant as a cycle, where nothing changes and everything is still the same as if time were frozen.
 Going on with the analysis one should one more consider the image of bed, it is referred to as "two meters square of safety" so that the reader  can foresee that it is not just a bed in its literal meaning but the novelist resorts to  a synecdoche for her lover.
Moreover, the theme of protection is conveyed  by words like shelter, warmth, raft.
At the end of the last paragraph, the lovers are in really bed: Victor is asleep after he has had sex with Ray, who is reflecting on their complex relationship and despite all that she feels the moment of happiness she is living.
In conclusion, I think the writer hasperfectly rendered the idea of protection and care felt by Ray.