Difference:

1, different genres

Explanatory writing is an article genre with explanation as its main expression.

Argumentative writing is a style of analyzing things, discussing things, expressing opinions and putting forward opinions.

2. Different characteristics

Explanatory articles scientifically explain physical things, objective things or abstract things, so that people can have a scientific understanding of the shape, structure, nature, types, causes, functions, relationships or concepts, characteristics, sources, evolution, similarities and differences of things, and thus obtain relevant knowledge.

Argumentative writing is to establish or deny a proposition by setting facts, reasoning and distinguishing right from wrong. Argumentative writing should have clear thinking, sufficient arguments, concise language, reasonable arguments and strict logic.

3. Different expressions

Explain that the text center is distinct and prominent, the article is scientific and organized, and the language is accurate and vivid. It explains the characteristics, essence and regularity of things by revealing concepts.

Argumentative writing is a common style that takes argumentation as the main way of expression, and 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.

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