Understanding persuasive essay writing: Linguistic/rhetorical approach

Connor, Ulla; Lauer, Janice M.

doi:10.1515/text.1.1985.5.4.309

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“…Research in ESL writing has included analyses of story grammar in narratives (Martin & Rothery, 1980;Soter, 1985), semantic content structure of expository texts (Carrell, 1984(Carrell, , 1985Connor, 1984a), and structures of argumentative prose (Connor & Lauer, 1985, 1988Tirkkonen-Condit, 1984). Research in ESL writing has included analyses of story grammar in narratives (Martin & Rothery, 1980;Soter, 1985), semantic content structure of expository texts (Carrell, 1984(Carrell, , 1985Connor, 1984a), and structures of argumentative prose (Connor & Lauer, 1985, 1988Tirkkonen-Condit, 1984).…”

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Analyzing Topical Structure in ESL Essays

Schneider

Connor

1990

Stud Sec Lang Acq

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Topical structure analysis (TSA), a text-based approach to the study of topic in discourse, has been useful in identifying text-based features of coherence. It has also been used to distinguish between essays written by groups of native English speakers with varying degrees of writing proficiency (Witte, 1983a(Witte, , 1983b. More recently, TSA has distinguished between higher and lower rated ESL essays, but with different results from those found with native speakers of English (Connor & Schneider, 1988). The present study replicated the previous ESL study of two groups of essays written for the TOEFL Test of Written English with three groups of essays. Findings indicate that two topical structure variables, proportions of sequential and parallel topics in the essays, differentiate the highest rated group from the two lower rated groups. We offer explanations for the results and propose that all occurrences of a particular type of topic progression do not contribute equally to the coherence of a text.Research on second language writing skills has undergone a recent revival. Emphasis on the processes of writing, influenced by the prolific research on the writing processes of first language writers, has also brought about a renewed interest in the analyses of student products. Text analyses of written products have been shown to

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Analyzing Topical Structure in ESL Essays

Schneider

Connor

1990

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“…And much of my own work on contrastive rhetoric in the 1980s involved building a comprehensive model of texts-one that integrated rhetorical analysis with linguistically oriented analysis. For example, in a cross-cultural study of writing that compared argumentative writing in students' essays from three English-speaking countries, Lauer and I (Connor & Lauer, 1985, 1988) developed a linguisticrhetorical system that helped quantify both linguistic features in essays (e.g., cohesion, coherence, and discourse organization) and rhetorical features (including the three classical persuasive appeals-logos, pathos, ethos-and Toulmin's 1958 argument model of claim, data, and warrant).…”

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New Directions in Contrastive Rhetoric

Connor

2002

TESOL Quarterly

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Contrastive rhetoric examines differences and similarities in writing across cultures. Although mainly concerned with student essay writing in its first 30 years, the area of study today contributes to knowledge about preferred patterns of writing in many English for specific purposes situations. This article discusses some of the new directions contrastive rhetoric has taken. Following a brief review of the goals, methods, and accomplishments of research in contrastive rhetoric during the past 30 years, the article examines how contrastive rhetoric has been pursued with varying aims and methods in a variety of EFL situations involving academic and professional writing. Recent criticisms of contrastive rhetoric and their effects on changing directions are then surveyed.

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“…In the second type of textual analysis, the study of coherence or semantic text-connectedness, the relevance of a phrase, sentence, or larger segment of text to its preceding context is examined (Bardovi-Harlig, 1990;Cerniglia, Medsker, & Connor, 1990;Clyne, 1987;Connor & Johns, 1990;Connor & Farmer, 1985Connor & Kaplan, 1987;Connor & Lauer, 1985;Connor & McCagg, 1983;Egginton, 1987;Enkvist, 1978Enkvist, ,1985Enkvist, ,1990Hinds, 1983;Johns, 1986Johns, ,1990McCagg, 1990;Schneider & Connor, 1991;Wikborg, 1990;Witte, 1983aWitte, , 1983b. As the passage in sample 1 illustrates, however, the fragmentation of beginners' ESL writing does not result from a failure to be relevant or coherent.…”

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Monitoring the Structure of Meaning in Beginners' ESL Prose

Tickoo¹

1998

TESL

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Understanding persuasive essay writing: Linguistic/rhetorical approach

Cited by 49 publications

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Analyzing Topical Structure in ESL Essays

Analyzing Topical Structure in ESL Essays

New Directions in Contrastive Rhetoric

Monitoring the Structure of Meaning in Beginners' ESL Prose

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