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RHETORICAL TERMS GLOSSARY

The 4 Writing Purposes

  • Expressive
  • Persuasive
  • Literary
  • Referential//expository

4 Purposes

Definition//Example

Expressive

  • Expressive essays reveal yourself and your thought, memories, emotions and feelings
  • In first person(I, Me, We)
  • "I hated how we couldn't go shop just because it rained. Instead we decided to go eat at an indoor restaurant.

Definition//Example

Persuasive

  • To convince the readers over a specific topic
  • "Science has proven that eating a piece of chocolate each day improves health and makes you happier, so if you want to stay happy and healthy eat a piece of chocolate everyday"

Definition//Example

Literary

  • To entertain the audience and make them express emotions.
  • "It was a dark and quiet night she was sitting in her room alone with the window open when all of a sudden she heard a loud thud"

Definition//Example

Referential//Repository

  • Explains a certain topic through research, evaluation, expanding
  • “The cat is a domesticated carnivore that has been a popular pet for centuries. It is a curious, often affectionate animal, but somewhat independent. Although it is often kept to rid a house of mice, it will kill birds, snakes, and lizards as well.”

There are 8 Modes

Writing Modes

  • Narration
  • Description
  • Process
  • Cause/effect
  • Classification and Division
  • Example
  • Definition
  • Compare/contrast

Narration//Description//Process/Cause&Effect

1st 4

  • Narration: Telling a story or part of a story through series of events and could go in chronological order or flashbacks
  • Description: Creates a scenery or sensation of a certain time event, a place and an event.
  • Process: How to do something in chronological order
  • Cause&effect: Why something happens and the result of the something that happened.

Classification&Division/Example/Definition/Compare&Contrast

Other 4

  • Classification&Division: Putting things into categories according to similar ideas.
  • Example: "For example", "Such as" then referring to something
  • Definition: Taking word and and differentiating it from the other members in the same category.
  • Compare&contrast: Comparing two things and pointing out similarities and differences.

5 Situations

  • Purpose
  • Genre
  • Audience
  • Topic
  • Context

Rhetorical Situation

Purpose//Genre

  • Purpose: to entertain,inform,call for action, persuade,educate, or shock.
  • Genre: category or type of writing; fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi

1st 2

Audience//Topic/Context

  • Audience: Who you are writing to; depends on age, education etc
  • Topic: What you're going to write about
  • Context: "situation" in the writing, what is going on

Last 3

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