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II. Modelling of text

Before reading the text below, think about it, discuss again in a moment ;

# What is a ‘thesis’ ?

# What is an ‘argument’ ?

# What is a ‘reiteration’ ?

Read the following text. Concern on its generic stucture and think again about its language
features, then answer the questions,Okay!

GENERIC CIGARETTE LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE FEATURES

THESIS Cigarette smokers are said to have a Passive voice/

good chance of getting various fatal subjective
(INTRODUCES
diseases. But, I think that other opinion/linking verb
TOPIC AND
people’s tobacco smoke seems to
INDICATES THE
increase the chances of non-smokers
WRITER’S
getting a wide range of cancers.
POSITION)

ARGUMENT Firstly, although passive smokers Complex
inhale less tobacco smoke, the sentence/compound
(SUPPORTING THE
researchers point out that the smoke sentence/simple
ISSUED THESIS)
you breathe in is richer in many toxic present tense/linking
chemicals. There is, for example , verb/action verb
three times as much as benzo-

apyrene, six times as mich toluene and
more than 50 times as much
dimethyinitrosamine. Of course this
substance will harm our body in the
long run.

Secondly, the recent research Connective
reported that the risk of getting cancers
not normally associated with smoking
also roseamong passive smokers. The
risk of leukemia rose 6-8 times and the
risk of cervical cancer increased 3-4

times.

Thirdly, past studies have found that