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Task 6 - Extracting Information

This document discusses extracting information from argumentative texts. It explains that argumentative texts aim to persuade readers by presenting the pros and cons of an issue. To extract information, one must note the issue being discussed and the supporting and opposing opinions around that issue. The document provides an example of an argumentative text about not allowing students to bring phones to school, and poses questions to analyze the argument and determine if it is convincing.

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Task 6 - Extracting Information

This document discusses extracting information from argumentative texts. It explains that argumentative texts aim to persuade readers by presenting the pros and cons of an issue. To extract information, one must note the issue being discussed and the supporting and opposing opinions around that issue. The document provides an example of an argumentative text about not allowing students to bring phones to school, and poses questions to analyze the argument and determine if it is convincing.

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Task 6:

Extracting
Information
GROUP 6- ROENTGEN
DUQUE | BALASABAS | CAGAOAN | FRANE |
GOMEZ
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, YOU ARE ABLE TO READ,
WATCH TO, AND LISTEN TO A LOT OF
INFORMATION. THESE INFORMATION MAY
INFLUENCE YOU TO BELIEVE CERTAIN IDEAS AND
PUSH YOU TO TAKE SOME FORM OF ACTION.
SOME INFORMATION MAY ALSO DISSUADE YOU
FROM BELIEVING OR DOING OTHER THINGS.

MANY WRITERS USE ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS TO PERSUADE


THE READERS TO AGREE TO THEIR POINTS OF VIEW. WRITERS
DO SO, NOT JUST BY PRESENTING INFORMATION, BUT BY
SHOWING THE PROS AND CONS OF AN ISSUE. IN
EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM AN ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT,
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO NOTE THE ISSUE AND THE
SUPPORTING (PROS) AND OPPOSING (CONS) OPINIONS
ABOUT THE ISSUE.
Topic: Not allowing students
to bring phones to school
What are the reasons for not

Processing allowing students to bring


mobile phones to school?

Information What facts are used to support


the argument? Are these
convincing?

Do you agree with the


writer?

What kind of writing is


this?
Sorry, wrong
number

A RADIO PLAY BY LUCILLE


FLETCHE

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