چکیده:
Abstract Thematic development refers to the way theme and rheme in the clause are developed. The theory of rhetorical structure can be defined as the strategies that follow specific ways to make writing more persuasive. The present study aimed to examine how Iraqi writers maintain cohesion in the text by analyzing the patterns of thematic progression in various rhetorical sections in an online Iraqi newspaper, Azzaman (Zaman). To carry out the study, the news articles were collected from January 2013 to June 2013. Actually, 2 opinion articles which focused on the most important political issues were taken each month, collected and analyzed. The analysis focused on the thematic progression and rhetorical structures. The results revealed that thematic progression patterns were used in every rhetorical section of the newspaper. The findings of the study showed the occurrence of thematic progression with different rhetorical patterns in writing English opinion articles and the influence of culture on the rhetorical structure.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Thematic Progression in the Rhetorical Sections of an Online Iraqi English Newspaper Nadia Abed Shakeh, Assistant Lecturer, Iraq Ministry of Education, Educational Directorate Rusafa/2 / Abstract Thematic development refers to the way theme and rheme in the clause are developed.
The present study aimed to examine how Iraqi writers maintain cohesion in the text by analyzing the patterns of thematic progression in various rhetorical sections in an online Iraqi newspaper, Azzaman (Zaman).
The findings of the study showed the occurrence of thematic progression with different rhetorical patterns in writing English opinion articles and the influence of culture on the rhetorical structure.
Keywords: Opinion articles, rhetorical structure, theme, rhyme, thematic progression Preliminaries The organization of theme-rheme in a clause can be useful for cohesion development (Dumanig F.
Then all themes and rhemes in each clause were also identified, and 3) the third stage of the analysis focused on the thematic progression patterns in different rhetorical sections.
Generally, the analysis of thematic patterns showed that Azzaman newspaper opinion articles use three out of four thematic progression patterns, but the most frequently-used patterns are simple linear progression and constant theme progression in different rhetorical structure sections in the selected data.
The main part of this study is the thematic progression in the text, with thematic development refering to the way theme and rheme in the clause are developed as illustrated in figure 2 below: (More than 16,000 Iraqis ) T1 R1 ( kidnapped) SLP (And kidnapped persons) T2 R2 (the 2003-U.