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13983346800Modes of discourseExposition Narration Description Argumentation0
13983374226Rhetorical strategiesexample, contrast, comparison, definition, cause, effect, process, analysis/division, classification1
13984488504Rhetorical structurestrategies to convey the purpose of the piece2
13984503226ExampleExample is a specific event, person, or detail of an idea cited and/or developed to support or illustrate a thesis or topic3
13984521329Contrast/ComparisonA method of presenting similarities and differences between or among at least two persons, places, things, ideas4
13984556849Contrast/Comparison organizationSubject by subject Point by point Combination5
13984562952Cause and effectEstablishes a relationship: B is the result of A. Can emphasize the cause or the effect, or be treated equally. It can detail the single cause with many effects, or several cause with a single effect, or any combination.6
13984626213ClassificationSeparates items into major categories and details the characteristics of each group and hwy each member of the group is placed within the category.7
13984647563ProcessProcess is simply "how to" do something or how something is done. Process can have one of two purposes: instruct or inform. Chronological order.8
13984676867DefinitionDefinition identifies the class to which a specific term belongs and those characteristics which make it different from all the other items in that class.9
13984840171NarrationNothing more than storytelling. A beginning, middle and an end, but there's a point to it10
13984891355DescriptionWriting that appeals to the senses. It can be objective, scientific, clinical, impressionistic.11

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