Metadiscourse Features in the Persuasive Essays of Undergraduate Writers

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Metadiscourse Features in the Persuasive Essays of Undergraduate Writers

Metadiscourse is a useful linguistic resource for writers, particularly, in the writing of a persuasive essay. Its usefulness is two-pronged. It guides readers through the text, and it provides the writers the tool to engage with their readers. It has been acknowledged by writing researchers that a...

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Main Author:	Tan, Helen
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Persuasion (Rhetoric) Essays - Study and teaching (Higher) English language - Discourse analysis
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19410/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19410/1/FBMK_2011_13.pdf

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