No links please Is a research paper “argumentative”?
Is it argumentative if the subject of the paper is about how the ethnicity of a singer-songwriter influenced how they chose to write their songs.

Yes.

Explanation:

The reason why it would be argumentative is because its and opinion of who writes the research paper, there is no proven fact behind someones ethnicity being a link to music taste/influence. It also could be argumentative if someone can counter it, which in this case someone can, therefore a discussion/argumentative can be brought up in this sort of topic.

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there you go thats what we are missing