People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Larbi Ben M’hidi University, Oum El Bouaghi Faculty of Letters and Languages Department of English The Effectiveness of Graphic Organizer as Pre-writing Technique in Enhancing Students’ Awareness of the Argumentative Essay Patterns of Organization The Case of Third- Year Students of English at Larbi Ben M’hidi University A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Language Sciences and Teaching English as a Foreign Language By: Sara Imane HAMICHE Supervisor: Dr. Mokhtar HAMADOUCHE Examiner: Dr. AZEROUAL 2016-2017