Modes of Writing in English
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| narrative | an account of actions and events that have befallen someone or something.
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| narrative elements | * narrator/ POV
* plot/ conflict
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* characters
* audience/tone/purpose
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| rhetorical mode | a way of presenting a topic through writing or speech.
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| descriptive mode | appeals to the senses
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| argumentative mode | makes a point and tries to persuade people through emotional, ethical, and logical appeals.
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| expository/ analytical mode | informational writing. explains, gives directions.
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| objective | presents its subject impartially (descriptive)
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| subjective | conveys the writer's personal response to the subject (descriptive)
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| multi-sensory images | imagery that appeals to more than one sense.
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| abstract | having to do with essences and ideas (descriptive)
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| concrete | definite, has the ability to be perceived (descriptive)
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| metaphor | direct comparison of 2 dissimilar things.
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| simile | comparison using 'like' or 'as'
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| personification | animating objects that are inanimate
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| dominant impression and purpose | main impression the author is trying to give; what was the reason for describing subject
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| inductive reasoning | specific to general
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| deductive reasoning | general to specific; major and minor premise
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| appeal to ignorance | appeal based on whatever has not been proven false must be true and vice versa.
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| argument from authority | convinces us to agree because it is form a person for authority or celebrity
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| bandwagon appeals | convinces people to agree because everyone does it.
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| begging the question | A fallacious form of argument in which someone assumes that parts (or all) of what the person claims to be proving are proven facts.
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