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• Persuasive text


  Offers the opportunity to convince the reader/listener to adopt a particular viewpoint or to believe in what the writer is telling. It is designed to prompt the reader or listener to take a certain action.
• Discussion text


  Also known as "argumentative text/content". Presents an issue surrounding a particular topic, usually one that is debatable, and arguments. The writer needs to discuss both sides of the issue to make sure they have researched and gathered enough information about the topic.
• Argumentative content


  Tries to change the reader's mind by convincing them to agree with the writer's point of view. It is a piece of writing that takes a stance on the issue. The writer attempts to persuade readers to understand and support their point of view about a topic by stating their reasoning and providing evidence to back it up.
• Characteristics of an argumentative content


  • Presents and explains the issue
  • Gives reasons and supports these reasons to prove its point
  • Refutes opposing arguments
• Parts of an argumentative content

  1. Introduction - Introduces the problem and gives background information, includes the thesis statement

  2. Body - Explains the reasons why you support your thesis, each paragraph covers a different idea or piece of evidence

  3. Conclusion - Summarizes the arguments made in the body paragraphs, appeals to the reader's emotions
• Testimonial evidence


  Statements of truth from a certain person offered to prove the truth of a matter
• Statistical evidence


  The result of researches or surveys that can show probability or likelihood which is from random sampling
• Anecdotal evidence


  Collected in a casual or informal manner and relying heavily or entirely on personal testimony
• Analogical or specific evidence


  Based on the idea that two or more things are similar in some aspects, there is a tendency that they are also similar in other aspects
• Questions of fact


  Ask whether or not something is true, answerable with "yes" or "no"
• Questions of value


  Address the relative merit/goodness and badness of something, ask the writer to choose between things, ideas, beliefs, actions
• Questions of policy


  Ask the writer to explain what they would do, usually contain the word "should"
• Relevance


  How appropriate something is to what is being said at a given time
• We must check if information is factual or truthful before believing it, and know the difference between a factual and a faulty information source
• Tips to spot factual and truthful information: consider the source, read beyond headlines, check the author's credentials, verify the supporting sources, check the date, and consider your own biases
• consider the source

  investigate the site you are viewing
• read beyond

  • headlines can be outrageous in an effort to get clicks
• check the Author

  • do a quick research on the author to find out if they are real
• verify the supporting sources

  • determine if the green information actually supports the story
• check the date

  • reposting old stories does not mean they're relevant
• check your biases

  • consider if your own beliefs could affect your judgement