36 VIDEO RISET Argumentative text

What is Argumentative Text?

Definition and Purpose

• Argumentative text is a type of writing that requires investigation, evidence collection, generation, and evaluation.

• The primary purpose of argumentative text is to persuade and convince the audience regarding the value of a thesis or argument.

Characteristics

• Subjective: It expresses an outer desire to communicate ideas or provoke thought in the audience.

• Objective: It involves a cognitive process of formally judging a given problem.

Types of Argumentation

• For Theory Argumentation: This involves arguing from an accepted conclusion to an even more evident one.

• Of Contrario Argumentation: This refers to arguing from an accepted conclusion to rejecting its contrary.