RHETORICAL MODES/PATTERNS DEVELOPMENT

 

        NARRATION

v more on "giving background" to relate a story

 

        DESCRIPTION

v more on "describing(adjectives)" to create picture

 

        EXEMPLIFICATION

v more on "illustrating/giving examples" for a complex problem to easily understand

 

        DEFINITION

v more on "defining word/concept" with extensive definition (word/concept + explanation)

 

        PROCESS ANALYSIS

v  more on "showing steps/instruction" to explain how to do something or how an existing problem came to be

 

        CLASSIFICATION/DIVISION

v more on "categorizing(characteristics) items" to focus on smaller parts

 

        COMPARISON/CONTRAST

v more on "focusing on similarities/differences" between things

 

        ANALYSIS

v more on "showing one item is superior" to another

 

        CAUSE/EFFECT

v more on "showing reason & results relationship"

 

        ARGUMENTATION/PERSUASION

v more on "providing proof" that a certain opinion is valid

 


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