Le bloc argumentatif : affirmation, développement, exemple
P47.b2-writing.05 · Audience: guest, language-pro, it-ml · Prerequisites: Le paragraphe de thèse : annoncer et tenir une position
Unité PE-03 · campagne 2 · trois phrases, un bloc, un point gagné.
Every body paragraph of your prise de position is the same three-part machine, and the grid rewards you each time it runs completely.
- L'affirmation — the claim, stated flat: « Le vélo en ville réduit les dépenses de santé. » No hedging, no examples yet.
- Le développement — the mechanism, usually opened by en effet: « En effet, trente minutes de pédalage quotidien diminuent les risques cardiovasculaires. » This sentence answers pourquoi ?
- L'exemple — a dated, checkable fact that anchors the block, opened by ainsi: « Ainsi, à Strasbourg, les assurances observent une baisse des arrêts maladie chez les cyclistes réguliers. »
Two failure modes cost real points. The missing example: claim plus explanation floating with nothing concrete underneath — the argument reads as opinion, not demonstration. And the off-target example: « Les réseaux sociaux nuisent au débat public. Par exemple, mon cousin passe trop de temps sur son téléphone. » The anecdote is vivid and proves nothing about the claim.
Invented-but-plausible examples are fine at B2; irrelevant ones are not. The practice below shows you real blocks and asks which part each sentence plays — and which part is broken.
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