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subject, gather, produce, and assess supporting information, and clearly

present their stance. In order to persuade the reader of the importance of

the topic at hand, it is crucial to take a strong position on it.

Basically, all types of text have the same paragraph structure,

namely, introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs. However, what

distinguishes other paragraphs from argumentative writing is that it

contains reasons and justifications from the author's view with the aim of

convincing or influencing the thoughts and actions of other people.

Additionally, a stance or position in academic writing indicates the writer

agrees or disagrees with a particular piece of information through the use

of specific words/hedging language and structures (Hyland, 1998; Latifi,

et al., 2021). Therefore, the key success of argumentative writing

represents in its generic structure adopted from several experts, such as

(Derewianka & Jones, 2016; Hyland, 1998; Latifi et al., 2020; Oshima &

Hogue, 2007) as describe in Table.

Table. Generic Structure of Argumentative Writing

Argumentative Text Components
Organization
A body paragraph  Clear background information
 Clear writers’ stance/position
Body paragraphs  Supporting arguments for the
writers’ stance/position
 Having evidence supporting the
writers’ stance/position
 Arguments opposing the writers;
stance/position
 Having evidence opposing the
writers’ stance/position
A concluding paragraph  Re-stating the writers’
stance/position

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