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Evaluative Stances in Persuasive Essays by Undergraduate Students: Focusing on Appreciation Resources

Text and Talk · 2015 · 35 citations · 24 references

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EducationEducational AssessmentPersuasionAcademic WritingEssay WritingPersuasive WritingWriting AssessmentEvaluation In DiscoursePersuasive Discourse AnalysisPersuasive Essay Structure

Abstract

Abstract This paper compares high-graded essays to low-graded essays written by undergraduate students in Australia. The comparison is made in an attempt to identify the extent to which the use of the evaluative language termed “

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