2. Argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the student to
investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.
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The researcher chooses the essay by fourth semester of English education department that had a task of writing
an academic writing, which is argumentative writing. It contains certain structure; they are introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion
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3. Coherence essay is the combination of semantic configurations of two
different kinds: register and cohesion.
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Coherence in this case means that each paragraph and sentences connects together. They must be tied to the one
before and after it.
4. Unity in essay involves two related but distinct concepts: coherence and flow.
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Unity means developing one single main idea. The students’ writing should be able to compose clear ideas and give logical evidence. A paragraph and
essay should discuss only one topic.
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https:owl.english.purdue.eduowlresource68505 retrieved on June 20, 2015
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Halliday, M., Hasan, R. Language, context, and text: Aspects of language in a social semiotic perspective. Deakin: Deakin University, 1985, p.29
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Thomas S. Kane, Essential Guide to writing, New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. p. 95
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. RELATED LITERATURE 1. The Nature of Writing
Paragraph is a form of writing result that is composed by the writers when they write something. It is a group of sentences that work together to
develop the topic sentence. A writer should know the important or essentials elements of paragraph in order to make or produce a good paragraph in their
writings. When the writers start to write, their drafts are definitely arranged in a paragraph or passage. A good writer spends more time planning and
revising their work that novice writers, and tend to edit their writing for content and organization rather than simply making surface changes to the
text.
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2. Paragraph Writing
In academic writing, a paragraph has a topic sentence that directly tells the reader the main idea. The other sentence in the paragraph, called
supporting sentence, give more information about the topic.
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Then, they state there are three major structural parts in paragraph. The first is topic sentence.
This part contains with a problem or issue that will be discussed in the
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Sara Cushing Weige, Assessing Writing, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 14
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Dorothy E Zemach Carlos Islam, Paragraph Writing, Oxford: MacMillan, 2005 p. 9
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