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Modes of Discourse
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Narrative Intention is to
present an event to the reader- what happened and how it happened.
May be...– Short or long– Factual or
imagined– May instruct
and inform, or simply divert and amuse.
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Expository
Intention is to explain or expose something.
~Function is to inform, to instruct, or to set forth
ideas.
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ExpositoryCan be broken into 7
categories1. Definition2. Description3. Example4. Comparison/Contrast5. Process Analysis6. Classification7. Causal Analysis
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DEFINITION Purpose:
To set the boundaries, to delineate, to limit
To determine the nature of To give the distinguishing characteristics
of Examples of definition questions:
What is the law of the conservation of mass and energy?
Explain loose connective tissue. What is the meaning of the term “value”? Define a sonnet.
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DESCRIPTION Purpose:
To give a detailed account of To picture in words To trace the outline of
Examples of description questions: Describe the anti-heroic qualities of
Holden Caulfield in A Catcher in the Rye. What is the layout of the brain? Portray the situation of the Roman
government at the time of Julius Caesar’s assassination.
What is the layout of the brain? What does this layout have to do with evolution?
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EXAMPLE Purpose:
To select one thing to show the nature of the rest
To describe a typical instance Examples of example questions:
Give an example of the use of first-person narrators in three of the stories we have read, and explain what the effect of the first-person narration is on each story.
Illustrate how television advertisements often mislead the public.
Discuss some of the disadvantages of advancing technology.
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COMPARISON/CONTRAST Purpose:
To point out similarities To point out differences
Examples of comparison/contrast questions: Compare the visual imagery used in Emily
Dickinson’s “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” with that in D.H. Lawrence’s “The Snake.”
Explain the differences in pecuniary income and psychic income.
Contrast Christianity with Judaism Discuss the strategies of Spanish
colonizers in contrast with those of English colonizers in the North America.
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PROCESS ANALYSIS Purpose:
To explain how a procedure is carried out To follow the system of operations in the
production of something To follow an action from beginning to end
Examples of process analysis questions: How is a lipid formed? Explain how the heart beats. What are the stages of alcoholism? How does communication take place?
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CLASSIFICATION Purpose:
To categorize To arrange according to class or type
Examples of classification questions: List three types of specific neurotic
reaction patterns and describe each briefly.
What are the four forms of a protein? List three types of defense mechanisms
and describe each briefly. According to transactional analysis, what
are the types of psychological positions we can hold and how do these positions determine how we relate to others?
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CAUSAL ANALYSIS Purpose:
to describe how a result or consequence came about
to show the relationship between a cause and an effect
Examples of causal analysis questions: What are causes of World War I? Why does one age? What are some effects of watching
violence on television? How can eating too little fat cause one to
gain weight?
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ArgumentativeIntention is to make the reader
change his or her mind, attitude, point of view or
feelings.~
The terms “Argument” and “Persuasion” often used
Interchangeably.
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ArgumentativeArgument -- aims to win readers’
agreement with an assertion or claim by engaging their powers of reasoning.
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ArgumentativePersuasion – aims to influence readers’ action, or their support for an action, by engaging their beliefs and feelings.