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Modes of Discourse Descriptive Narrative Expository Argumentative Persuasive Examples of Use

This document outlines five modes of discourse: descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative, and persuasive. It provides examples of text types for each mode and discusses their purpose, appeals, commonly used organizational strategies, and language techniques. Descriptive discourse uses senses and imagination to describe, while narrative uses temporal ordering to tell a story. Expository explains and informs using analysis, comparisons, and other strategies with a neutral tone. Argumentative assesses and criticizes issues logically using facts and a rational tone. Persuasive aims to convince through emotion using techniques like repetition and rhetorical questions.

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Modes of Discourse Descriptive Narrative Expository Argumentative Persuasive Examples of Use

This document outlines five modes of discourse: descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative, and persuasive. It provides examples of text types for each mode and discusses their purpose, appeals, commonly used organizational strategies, and language techniques. Descriptive discourse uses senses and imagination to describe, while narrative uses temporal ordering to tell a story. Expository explains and informs using analysis, comparisons, and other strategies with a neutral tone. Argumentative assesses and criticizes issues logically using facts and a rational tone. Persuasive aims to convince through emotion using techniques like repetition and rhetorical questions.

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MODES OF DISCOURSE

Descriptive Narrative Expository Argumentative Persuasive


Examples of ● Novels, short ● Novels, short stories ● Educational texts ● Debates ● Speeches
use stories ● ‘How-to’ guides e.g. ● ‘How-to’ guides ● Academic essays ● Advertisements
recipes ● Informative brochures ● Editorial articles

Purpose of To describe, give a metal To narrate, tell a story, To explain, inform, educate, To argue, to assess, to criticize, To convince, motivate, inspire,
Discourse impression of something identify events in their highlight, identify to convince
sequence
Appeals to… ● Senses ● Imagination ● Logic ● Logic ● Emotion
● Imagination ● Logic

Commonly ● Spatial ordering ● Temporal ordering ● Analysis ● Analysis ● Analysis


used ● Anecdotes ● Anecdotes ● Anecdotes
organisational ● Classification ● Classification ● Classification
strategies
● Comparison/Contrast ● Comparison/Contrast ● Comparison/Contrast
● Cause and effect ● Cause and effect ● Cause and effect
● Illustrations ● Illustrations ● Illustrations
● Definition ● Definition ● Definition
● Process analysis ● Process analysis ● Process analysis
● Problem/solution ● Problem/solution ● Problem/solution

Commonly ● Appeal to the ● Action verbs ● Neutral tone ● Firm yet rational tone ● Biased, emotional tone
used language senses (use of ● Words and ● Use of denotative ● Use of denotative ● Words that appeal to
techniques imagery) expression that language language emotion
● Adjectives, describe time and ● Reference to statistics ● Reference to statistics ● Repetition
adverbs the passage of time ● Reference to historical ● Reference to historical ● Rhetorical questions
● Connotative data data ● Connotative language
language ● Literary devices
● Literary devices ● Words that suggest
movement

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