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Narration 

Crafting an appealing chronological story that supports a thesis.

To enter into topics (especially unique ones) and create a sense of relatability. 

Description 

focuses more on our senses, describing how things smell, feel, taste, look, and sound.  It is used to establish a mood or atmosphere. 

Allows writers to paint an experience and make writing more persuasive. This imagery and vivid descriptions create more emotions in a piece. 

Process Analysis

Explains how something works or how something was done

Understand how something came to happen or exist. 

Exemplification/ 

Illustration

• Using an example does not mean it is exemplification

Providing a series of examples turns a general idea into a concrete one

To make your argument both clearer and more persuasive to the reader by offering multiple perspectives.

Comparison and Contrast

Describing differing opinions in order to extract meaning from their similarities and differences.

To understand why two sources differ or relate in opinion. 

Classification and Division

The ability to use reason to sort areas of a written piece down into subcategories to classify different sections with certain meanings

To digest the knowledge of a written piece more easily, spread it out over multiple smaller points that connect. 

Definition

To define or redefine a term or concept that has meaning to the writer.

To create widespread unawareness for a phrase/ word/ idea, and what it means to the author/ audience in a more standardized way.