What is an argumentative essay? As the name implies, it is actually an argumentative paper. So what is its deep meaning and explanation? Come with me to see what an argumentative paper is. I hope I can help you.

What is an expository 1 and what is an expository?

Modern Chinese Dictionary (7th Edition) explains "exposition" in this way: narration and analysis. According to this explanation, the "exposition" is taken apart to understand: "narration" is narration, and "theory" is analysis and argumentation. Understanding "exposition" from the perspective of writing can be understood as follows: analyzing and demonstrating on the basis of narration is "exposition"

What is "expository writing"?

Argumentative writing, also known as argumentative writing and argumentative writing, is to reason and discuss right and wrong. The author clarifies his point of view through factual materials and logical reasoning, and shows what he is for or against. A complete paper must contain three elements: argument, argument and argument. Argument is the author's point of view or opinion on the issue under discussion. Some argumentative papers have only one argument, which is called the central argument; In addition to the central argument, some argumentative papers have several subordinate sub-arguments. Argument is the reason and basis used by the author to prove the argument. It can be an example, a theory or data. Argumentative writing is the reasoning process and method to prove an argument with arguments. The argument must be correct and clear; Arguments must be conclusive, typical, appropriate and convincing, and must have essential and inevitable connections with arguments.

Explanation 2: Argumentative essay is an article that discusses and analyzes problems, discusses reasons and expounds opinions; ; Some people focus on argument, while others focus on refutation. An editorial in a newspaper. Commentators' articles, monographs on industrial, agricultural and scientific issues, and cultivation of ideological quality. Short comments on social phenomena belong to the category of argumentative essays.

Explanation 3: Argumentative essay is a common style with argumentation as the main expression, which directly expresses the author's views and opinions by putting facts and reasoning. Using vivid narration to indirectly express the author's thoughts and feelings is different from narrative writing, which focuses on introducing or explaining the shape, nature, causes and functions of things, and is also different from explanatory writing. In short, argumentative essays convince people with reason, narrative essays convince people with emotion, and explanatory essays teach people with knowledge.

What is "expository writing"?

Explanatory article refers to an article that focuses on explanation, discussion, speech and debate and aims to make the truth clear. Interpretation means elaboration and explanation, discussion means expressing opinions, speech means expressing opinions and explaining things, and debate means debate. The articles we mentioned before, such as expository articles, argumentative articles, speeches and argumentative articles, can all be collectively referred to as "expository articles".

The writing purpose of "expository writing"

Generally speaking, the purpose of writing expository articles is to straighten out one's position and put forward one's own opinions against vague natural phenomena and controversial social problems. Deny wrong opinions and criticize improper practices: thus form a unified understanding as much as possible in the face of big and big right and wrong, put forward reasonable measures, and finally promote social progress and human harmony. In short, it is to clarify the truth, demonstrate opinions and guide people to correctly understand themselves, others, society and nature.

According to Mr. Hu's classification of "expository writing", all kinds of writing purposes should have their own emphasis and differences. Mr. Hu summed up three writing purposes in Selected Works:

Academic discourse is aimed at seeking truth, standardized by academic language, scientific and objective.

Social discourse aims at correctness and appropriateness, takes the moral and cultural values of the same society as the norm, and also has certain objectivity.

Personal life discourse is close to life and personal feelings, mainly because the author expounds his feelings, experiences or comments on what he has seen and heard.

The above explanation of the purpose of writing "expository essay" is based on its social attribute. For individual writers, the training of writing "expository writing" should also have its purpose.

By writing "expository articles", writers can correctly understand themselves, others, society and nature, and in the process of understanding, they can scientifically understand nature, comprehensively observe society and enrich their feelings about life. In the process of writing, the logicality and profundity of the writer's thinking are trained and strengthened, and the writer's ability of discovery, argumentation, reasoning, criticism and speculation is subtly developed.

What is expository? 2. Three elements of explanatory text.

1, parameter

Argument is the author's views and opinions on the issues discussed, and it is the soul of the article. Features of the argument:

First, the expression form of an argument is often a judgment sentence that expresses affirmation or negation, and it must be a clear statement sentence. From the full text, the argument is not the central sentence of a paragraph, but the central sentence that can control the full text.

Second, the position of the argument in the text:

(1) some directly appear at the beginning of the text, and come straight to the point;

(2) Some of them are placed at the end of the article, and the questions at the end of the article are mostly marked with words expressing conclusions, such as "so", "in a word" and "in the final analysis";

③ Some are placed in the middle of the text;

The title of the fourth part is full-text argument. Of course, there are also a few words that do not clearly indicate the argument, which should be summarized by the readers themselves.

Third, an article can only have one central argument, and the whole article should revolve around this central argument. In order to have a deeper and more organized discussion, there can be several sub-arguments under the central argument. The relationship between the central argument and the sub-argument is the relationship between command and control, and the sub-arguments cannot contradict, cross or contain each other.

Step 2 argue

Arguments are materials used to prove the correctness and feasibility of arguments.

There are two kinds of statements:

(1) Factual arguments refer to representative cases, conclusive data and reliable historical facts;

(2) Arguments refer to proverbs, principles, laws and accepted truths that have been tested by practice. The use of factual arguments should be detailed and appropriate, the quotation of truth arguments should be accurate and appropriate, and the arguments should be arranged in a certain order.

There are three requirements for arguments: one is typical; The second is novel; Third, it can prove the argument, which is intrinsically related to the argument.

Step 3 demonstrate

Argumentation is the process of proving an argument with arguments.

Generally speaking, argument is to solve the problem of what to prove, argument is to solve the problem of what to prove, and argument is to solve the problem of how to prove. The purpose of argument is to reveal the internal logical relationship between arguments.

Discuss the types of quasi-text

1, make a paper

Writing a paper refers to a discussion paper that directly puts forward one's own views on a certain issue and shows one's own views. For example, Roger von Oak's "There is More than One Correct Answer to Things", the title clearly shows the author's point of view. Most of the discussion texts are papers.

Step 2 refute the argument

Refutation refers to an argumentative paper that refutes the other party's argument and expounds one's own views and opinions on this basis. For example, Ma Nancun's "Don't Ask for an Answer" first puts out the object to be refuted: "No question asks for an answer." Then, starting from the origin of "not seeking a perfect solution", this paper comprehensively interprets Tao Yuanming's words, reveals the two meanings of "not seeking a perfect solution", and denies the viewpoint of "not seeking a perfect solution" on this basis. In the process of refutation, the proposition that "the key to reading is knowing, reading with an open mind and reading important books repeatedly" is expounded.