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▪ Pros and cons,
▪ Arguments for and arguments against, to allow the readers to
reach a logical
▪ Advantages and disadvantages, conclusion
▪ Positives and negatives,
▪ Good points and bad points of an issue

B. Social Function or Communicative Purpose of Discussion Text

✓ To present to the audience different opinions or arguments and information on a topic
from different points of views, at the end, the writer’s opinion.
✓ Some examples of discussion are:

▪ Talkback radio
▪ Current affairs interviews

▪ Essays
▪ Debates
▪ Letters to editors

▪ Newspaper articles
C. Generic Structures

✓ Issue
Contains of statement and preview about something
✓ Supporting point

After stating the issue, it is necessary to present the argument to support that one point
is agreeing.

✓ Contrastive point
Beside the supporting argument, discussion text needs the arguments which disagree
to stated issue.

✓ Recommendation/conclusion
It is used to tell how to solve issue by connecting the arguments for and against.

D. Language Features of Discussion Text
✓ Introducing category or generic participant
✓ Relating verb/to be (is, am, are, was, were)

✓ Using thinking verb (help, appear, happen, etc.)
✓ Using additive, contrastive, and casual connection (in contrast, on the other hand, etc.)
✓ Using modalities (should, must, etc.)

✓ Using adverbial of manner (and, also, as well as, finally, etc.)
✓ Using conjunction/transition (and, also, as well as, finally, etc.)
✓ Using simple present tense, past tense, present continuous tense

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