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an essay that covers a topic in a logical way, through reasoning. Whereas an argumentative essay seeks to contrast one argument with another, a discursive approach sets out one line of logical argument (proceeding from one point to another) towards a final conclusion. Topics for discursive essays and argumentative essays will be similar, e.g. The death penalty is out of place in modern society.
a word that has come down to us from an earlier form of the language. Father is an inherited...
a mark in a written text which assists the reader to make sense of a text, e.g. a full stop or...
a male character in a literary work, often the protagonist, that is admired or identified with...
a letter that is not pronounced, e.g. gnome, knowledge.
a phrase that qualifies a noun, e.g. The girl with the red hair is my sister.