Unit13Argumentation(1)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

IntroductionPeopleuseargumentseveryday.Argumentationisoneofthemostimportantformsofwriting.Speechesonpolicies,newspapereditorials,teachinginclassrooms,academicpapers,articlesonpoliticalortheoreticalquestions,andvariousproposalsareallargumentative.Whilethepurposeofexpositionistoinform,thepurposeofargumentationistoconvince.Anargumentativeessaytriestomakethereadersoraudienceagreewithitspointofviewandsupportit,topersuadethemtochangetheirmindorbehavior,andtoapproveapolicyoracourseofactionthatitproposes.Inargumentation,peoplealsomakeuseofothertypesofwritingtechniques,includingdescription,narration,andparticularlyexposition.2

QA01QuestionHowdoesreadingcontributetoimprovingEnglishwritingskills?Byimmersingoneselfinvariousliteraryworks,awritercangainexposuretodifferentwritingstyles,vocabulary,grammaticalstructures,andnarrativetechniques.Thisexposurehelpsexpandonesunderstandingofthelanguageandprovidesarepertoireofideasandexamplestodrawuponwhencraftinghisownwriting.Throughreading,thewriteralsodevelopsasenseoftone,voice,andeffectivecommunication,whicharecrucialelementsinproducingwell-craftedwrittenwork.3Thegreatestpartofawriter’stimeisspentinreading,inordertowrite;amanwillturnoverhalfalibrarytomakeonebook.SamuelJohnson(1740-1795)Referenceanswer

QA02QuestionHowdowritersengagethereaderseffectivelywhenpresentingfactualevidence?Writersshouldcombineemotionalappealwithfactualevidencetoengagereaders,usingstorytelling,anecdotes,examples,orvividdescriptionstopersuadeeffectively.4ReferenceanswerRawemotioncannotwinthedayagainstopponentswhodemandfactualevidence,yetthedullrecitationofstatisticalfactsmaybemeaninglessunlessyoumotivatereadersan