Argumentation

Here, we will give you some discussion points regarding the overall argumentation in the article “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language” by Tom Law. 

Open or closed argumentation

When you discuss argumentation, you should first decide whether an article’s argumentation is direct or indirect. Through direct argumentation, the author directly sends his message to the audience; the audience is well-informed and can easily understand the author’s point of view about a certain situation. When indirect argumentation is used, the author’s message is implicit, and readers have to work out the message by themselves.

In the case of “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language”, Tom Law employs both direct and indirect argumentation. At first, Tom Law does not directly st...