organizational strategies and discourse types

Question 1

narrative

Answer 1

Format: Novels, Short stories,Anecdotes,Autobiographies

Organizational feature: Flashback,Flash-forward,Foreshadowing,Time sequence

purpose: to entertain, explain, to recount or relate to an experience, to highlight.

language technique/mode of expression: descriptive language, figurative language, literary devices, conversational tone, dialogue, voice /narrative perspective

Question 2

descriptive

Answer 2

format: Journals, Poetry,Stories,Biographies

purpose - describe, explain , entertain ,expose ,highlight, illustrate, invent, to visually present

organizational features- compare, contrast, description, general to specific, spatial order, time sequence ,

language features/ modes of expression- descriptive language, figurative language, literary devices. anecdotes

Question 3

expository

Answer 3

format:Reports
News articles
Academic writing
How-to (process) essays
Instructions
Directions
organisational features:Cause and effect
Classification
Comparison and
contrast
Definitions
Evidence
Illustrations and
examples
Problem and solution

Question 4

argumentative

Answer 4

format:Critical review,Letters of
recommendation,Letters to the editor,editorials,Debates
organisational features:Comparison and contrast,counterarguments,Concession and rebuttal,Evidence,Illustrations and examples,Lists,Reasons Refutations

modes of expression/language features : objective arguments, precise language, neutral tone, use of logos, presentation of evidence

Question 5

persuassive

Answer 5

format: opinion pieces, commentaries, speeches, advertisements
purpose- to urge the audience to , take action, to convince, to complain, to criticize, to influence,

organizational features- cause and effect, counterargument, concession and rebuttal, evidence, illustration and examples, list, order of importance, problem and solution. reasons, refutations

modes of expression /language features- lack of objectivity, use of pathos,non neutral tone, presentation of evidence, rhetorical questions, restatement and reiteration, list of three,anecdotes

Question 6

artistic discourse includes?

Answer 6

stories
novels
anecdotes
poetry
personal accounts example biography and journal

Question 7

what does artistic discourse
focuses on?

Answer 7

focuses on expressing the author’s thoughts and ideas through their imagination
emphasis is placed on the author’s feelings and emotions

Question 8

what is the technical discourse about?

Answer 8

in technical discourse, the author is writing about a specialised or particular subject area
it requires direction, explanation, instructions and uses specialised terms
it is highly factual and evidence driven

Question 9

difference between technical discourse and artistic discourse

Answer 9

technical discourse is objective, scientific based, uses dennotative words/ concrete words, uses precise language and neutral tone
example are expository and argumentative

while artistic discourse is subjective opinion base, uses connatative words, figurative language and argumentive tone exxampples are descrpitive, narrative and persuassive