Argumentative Texts

These are of two types, through-argumentative and counter-argumentative. The structure of though-argumentative texts follows the organization plan of theses-cited to be argued, extensive substantiation and conclusion. Within through-argumentative texts there is no reference to any opposite view. Counter-argument structure, on the other hand, follows the organization plan of thesis-cited to be opposed, opposition or rebuttal of the thesis cited, substantiation of the rebuttal and conclusion.

These are defined:

Those utilized to promote the acceptance or evaluation of certain beliefs or ideas as true vs. false, or positive vs. negative. Conceptual relations such as reason, significance, violation, value, and opposition should be frequent. The surface texts will often show cohesive devices for emphasis and insistence, e.g. recurrence, parallelism, and paraphrase.

In general, according to many authors an argumentative text is defined as a form of discourse that attempts to persuade readers to accept a claim, whether that acceptance is based on logical or emotional appeals or both.