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| 5766168987 | a method of development used by a writer to organize a text | What is the definition of rhetorical mode? | 0 | |
| 5766170356 | Narration and Description, Process Analysis, Compare and Contrast, Division and Classification, Definition, Cause and Effect, and Persuasion and Argument | What are the types of rhetorical modes? | 1 | |
| 5766178976 | narration tells a story; description evokes the senses | What is the definition of narration and description? | 2 | |
| 5766183676 | used to introduce or show a complex subject, to analyze an issue or theme, or to shed light on a subject (like writers of autobiographies, fiction, and history do) | What is the purpose of narration and description? | 3 | |
| 5766190728 | divides a process into parts | What is the definition of process analysis? | 4 | |
| 5766191970 | used to produce information about something or give directions on how to do something | What is the purpose of process analysis? | 5 | |
| 5766195776 | explains the similarities and differences between two or more things | What is the definition of compare and contrast? | 6 | |
| 5766199977 | used to explore the relationship between things in the same class (jazz musicians and classical musicians), or explore the relationship among things from different classes (the human body and a machine) | What is the purpose of compare and contrast? | 7 | |
| 5766209198 | dividing means to separate something into sections (ex. city can be divided into neighborhoods); classifying means to place examples of something into categories or classes (ex. restaurants can be cheap, moderately expensive, or very expensive) | What is the definition of division and classification? | 8 | |
| 5766217496 | used to explain, entertain, or persuade | What is the purpose of division and classification? | 9 | |
| 5766219759 | expands on and examines the essential qualities of something | What is the definition of definition? | 10 | |
| 5766223965 | used to explain, entertain, inform, establish a standard (ex. healthy diet), persuade, or even define yourself | What is the purpose of definition? | 11 | |
| 5766229160 | seeks to explain the causes of change and new developments | What is the definition of cause and effect? | 12 | |
| 5766231369 | used to explain why something happened or what might be likely to happen, to speculate (wonder or conjecture) about a topic (ex. What is "Mass Effect" such a popular video games?!), or to argue or prove a point | What is the purpose of cause and effect? | 13 | |
| 5766243418 | explains and supports a statement of belief and attempts to persuade (using appeal to feelings and instincts) and/or argue (using appeal to intelligence) | What is the definition of persuasion and argument? | 14 | |
| 5766248624 | used to persuade others to support a cause or make a commitment, to try to get people to take action, change a situation, change attitudes, or behaviors, refute a theory, arose sympathy, stimulate concern, win agreement or favor, or provoke anger | What is the purpose of persuasion and argument? | 15 | |
| 5766269475 | it explores the relationship between things in the same class or group (ex. comparing dancers with dancers) | What is a strict comparison? | 16 | |
| 5766273214 | an imaginative comparison between two things in different classes that don't seen to be alike at all (ex. comparing computers to human brains or parts of an orchestra to different ingredients in food) | What is a fanciful comparison? | 17 | |
| 5766288570 | presenting all your info on one topic before bringing in information on the other topic (ex. Christian view of God then compare it to Hindu beliefs about different deities) | In compare and contrast, what is a divided pattern? | 18 | |
| 5766294921 | you can organize your essay by comparing point by point (ex. comparing 3 features of Christianity and Hinduism) | In compare and contrast, what is an alternating pattern? | 19 |
