What are the key features and conventions of argumentative or discursive text?

- Express a strong viewpoint but deal with both sides of an argument / explore obstacles/challenges - Use first person, using less personal, objective language - Use vivid imagery, anecdotes or examples to engage reader/ to provide background to the ideas being discussed. - Use varied sentence structure for developing an argument in logical progressive way. - Use discourage markers, such as adverbs, and other linking word/phrases to direct argument logically - Use rhetorical devices - Use statistics, data or other numerical measures to persuade reader - Use expert evidence to explain core ideas or argue a particular view.