Dear student,

An argument linguistically, speaking, is a disagreement between two or more people, sometimes resulting in them shouting angrily at each other. An argument is also a set of statements (sentences) that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct. The nature of argument, its organization and the language used have been discussed in this unit. In addition, how to use argument in conjunction with other functions of language has been presented, exemplified and practiced.

Argument can come on its own or together with counter argument. In the process, you have often to use functions of language such as comparison-contrast, cause-effect, generalization-qualification and so on.