The various elements that constitute argumentative discourse that is expressed through speech acts represent a complex construction for the person who attempts to convince someone of something. This discourse has a linguistic, intentional and pragmatic structure, the latter being where the interactive aspect of argumentation is situated. This article brings the study of argumentation to the field of discourse analysis. In order to do this, it begins by defining argumentation as a type of discursive organization chosen by the speaker. The aim is to define what happens in the argumentative process by way of a descriptive operation in which types of speech acts are identified.