Unit 3: Complex Rhetorical Modes

Narration

________ can be an effective expository technique.

Process analysis

________ is a rhetorical mode thats used by writers when they want to explain either how to do something or how something was done.

Deduction

________ is the process of applying a generalization to a specific case.

Sequence

________ is chronological and usually fixed- think of recipes.

Induction

________ is a process in which specific examples are used to reach a general conclusion.

pieces of information

A narrative is a story in which ________ are arranged in chronological order.

Description

________ can help make expository or argumentative writing lively and interesting and hold the readers interest, which is vital, of course.

Process analysis

________ can be an effective way of relating an experience.

Deduction

________ involves the use of a generalization to draw a conclusion about a specific case.

Do not confuse the relating of mere circumstances with a cause-and

effect relationship

When possible, call on all five senses

visual, auditory, olfactory (smell), gustatory (taste), and tactile

Make your story complete

make sure you have a beginning, middle, and end

Process analysis

is a rhetorical mode that’s used by writers when they want to explain either how to do something or how something was done.

Sequence

is chronological and usually fixed—think of recipes.

Cause and effect

explains the processes responsible for the process.

Description

can help make expository or argumentative writing lively and interesting and hold the reader’s interest, which is vital, of course.

narrative

is a story in which pieces of information are arranged in chronological order.

Narration

can be an effective expository technique.

Induction

is a process in which specific examples are used to reach a general conclusion.

Deduction

involves the use of a generalization to draw a conclusion about a specific case.