a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
The singers PLEDGED there lives “mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor,”
On the whole, the Declaration of Independence is structured as a deductive argument that can easily be put in a syllogistic form, according to Stephen E. Lucas.
What is the genre? that's what you first need to ask.
