Unit15Argumentation(3)写作教程3“十二五”普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材”新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）第3版

IntroductionConvincingargumentationsdependgreatlyoneffectiveuseoflanguage.Goodselectionofwords,phrases,andsentencetypescontributegreatlytotheappealofanargumentativeessay.Citingexamples,contrastingandcomparing,makinganalogies,andmanyothertechniquesofsupportingargumentswillmaketheessaymoreforceful.Goodwritingskillsandcleveruseoflanguagewillguaranteeasuccessfulargumentation.2

QA01QuestionWhatdoesHemingway’sideaof“writingtruly”meanforargumentativewriting?AlthoughHemingwaywastalkingaboutfiction,“writingtruly”inanargumentativeessaymeansbeinghonestaboutyourviewpointandusingreal,reliableevidence.It’snotaboutsoundingsmart—it’saboutmakingreadersbelieveandunderstandyourideas.3ReferenceanswerAwriter’sproblemdoesnotchange.Hehimselfchangesandtheworldhelivesinchangesbuthisproblemremainsthesame.Itisalwayshowtowritetrulyand,havingfoundwhatistrue,toprojectitinsuchawaythatitbecomesapartoftheexperienceofthepersonwhoreadsit.EarnestHemingway(1899-1961)

QA02QuestionWhatdoesMurray’squotesuggestaboutthenatureofwriting?Murrayremindsusthatwritingisneverperfect—there’salwaysroomforimprovement.4ReferenceanswerApieceofwritingisneverfinished.Itisdeliveredtoadeadline,tornoutofthetypewriterondemand,sentoffwithasenseofaccomplishmentandshameandprideandfrustration.Ifonlytherewereacouplemoredays,timeforjustanotherrunatit,perhapsthen...DonaldM.Murray(1924–2006)

QA03QuestionBasedonyourownwritingexperienceorexamples,howdoyouunderstandthisquote?Inmypersonalwritingexperience,Ideeplyresonatewiththisquotation.Compositiondemandsslow,meticulousworkandconsistentperseverance.Whetherdrivenbynecessitytocommunicateideasorbyresolutiontocreatesomethingmeaningful