The Rhetorical Patterns of Argumentative Compositions of the English Department Students of Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya
Abstract
This study is intended to reveal the rhetorical patterns
frequently found in the students’ argumentative compositions of the
English Department of Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya
specifically to the Classical Model of Argument. The data were taken
from their final exam papers the students of the English Department of
Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya who took Writing 3. The
analysis showed that only two of the students’ compositions were truly
linear. The other compositions were linear but with incomplete evidence
in the conclusion, and linear with indirect conclusion. It can then be
concluded that all students under study had not mastered the Plato-
Aristotelian style of writing especially to the Classical model of argument
quite well.
frequently found in the students’ argumentative compositions of the
English Department of Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya
specifically to the Classical Model of Argument. The data were taken
from their final exam papers the students of the English Department of
Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya who took Writing 3. The
analysis showed that only two of the students’ compositions were truly
linear. The other compositions were linear but with incomplete evidence
in the conclusion, and linear with indirect conclusion. It can then be
concluded that all students under study had not mastered the Plato-
Aristotelian style of writing especially to the Classical model of argument
quite well.
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