Democracy creates free people who can express their thoughts and opinions, claiming about any issue in specific situations, in short. Such aspects, when contextualized to the socio-communicative situations of which we are a part, seem to gain even more notoriety, especially with reference to textual genres. Some of them, par excellence, are characterized as being essentially argumentative, which enable the issuer to take a stand. critically facing a given problem, in order to direct it to a person with full powers to present the appropriate solutions. Among such modalities are the manifesto, the argumentative letter and this one we are talking about: the undersigned.
As it deals with matters of collective interest, the undersigned allows a group of people to meet and make the request necessary, which can be addressed to a mayor, the dean of a university, the manager of a condominium, among others. Thus, it is a situation whose context requires specific treatment, especially when it comes to the formal pattern of language. Thus, the structure attributed to this genre obeys the following parameters:
* Vocative – This is a space in which the recipient's name and/or position must be included, followed by the appropriate treatment pronoun;
* Body of the text – Part that presents the arguments themselves, accompanied by the respective requests that justify them;
* Place, date and signature of applicants – Along with signatures, it is possible to contain personal data, such as identity document, address, among others.
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By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
DUARTE, Vânia Maria do Nascimento. "Undersigned"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/redacao/abaixo-assinado.htm. Accessed on June 28, 2021.
