As title says. Please check the blue book p. 524 as an example.
“Argumentative” means persuasive. “Informative” means giving information without making an argument.
@marvin100 So I understood them right. The issue is that I really do not know whether the passage on p.522 argues in favor of not using yawning as a sleep indicator, or it just informs us that yawning is no longer an indicator of sleep only. How can I differentiate?
Go through the paragraphs–are they making claims or are they reporting facts?
@marvin100 going over it again, I would say it is an informative essay trying to perhaps correct a misconception about yawning - I don’t see it attacking another POV, I was wrong. In the beginning it talks about finding a way to track sleep - and then explains why yawning isn’t one. It doesn’t discuss yawning in a way that argues against another POV. It actually just indicates that yawning is an indicator of other things and that we should conduct sleeping tests in more reliable ways. Thank you!
There ya go! Glad to have helped.