The expository-argumentative approach to investigate current issues which is required by the new Type C of State Examination, one of the three tracks for the first national written test, needs an integrated reading/writing approach. Besides accuracy and coherence in language, this approach implies critical reasoning on the issues involved and the addresser’s responsibility towards his/her addressees. This contribution aims to show how and why argumentative writing can draw on literature. In fact, literature can foster self-awareness and awareness of the others, thus fostering the ability to choose and debate.
