Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Rhetorical Modes--Some Types


Rhetorical Modes: patterns of organization; methods of development; types of writing.

  • argumentative/persuasive
  • compare/contrast
  • definition
  • narration
  • exposition/explanatory/informational
  • analogy--comparing situations
  • process--explaining steps in a process
  • example/illustration--giving a picture or specific instance (exemplification)
  • classification/division--putting into categories
  • descriptive