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    The rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse) are a broad traditional classification of the major kinds of formal and academic writing (including...
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  • Description (category Rhetorical techniques)
    four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Fiction writing specifically has modes such...
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    The modes of persuasion, modes of appeal or rhetorical appeals (Greek: pisteis) are strategies of rhetoric that classify a speaker's or writer's appeal...
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  • narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Fiction-writing also has distinct forms of expression, or modes, each with its own purposes...
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    In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader...
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    Rhetoric (redirect from Rhetorical)
    fundamental Greek theories (such as the modes of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos) and trace rhetorical development through history. Rhetoric earned...
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  • (medieval music) Gregorian mode, a system of modes used in Gregorian chant (as opposed to ancient Greek modes or Byzantine octoechos) "Mode", a song by PRhyme...
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  • narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Fiction-writing also has distinct forms of expression, or modes, each with its own purposes...
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    Narrative (category Fiction-writing mode)
    constructing a narrative—narration—is one of the four traditional rhetorical modes of discourse, along with argumentation, description, and exposition...
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  • Exposition (narrative) (category Fiction-writing mode)
    Science Fiction", Robert Heinlein, who became known for his advanced rhetorical and storytelling techniques, including indirect exposition. The word incluing...
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  • their pistis." Pistis is the Greek word for faith and is one of the rhetorical modes of persuasion. Gonzalez also points out that, "By invoking phantasia...
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  • Purple prose (category Fiction-writing mode)
    communication principle of eliminating redundancy Description, one of four rhetorical modes, along with exposition, argumentation, and narration Elegant variation...
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  • [citation needed] Description – Text for clarification; one of four rhetorical modes Distraction – Process of diverting the attention of an individual or...
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    they have made irrationally. Argumentation is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, description, and narration...
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  • sensation as a distinct fiction-writing mode is a matter of discussion. Fiction-writing modes Rhetorical modes Style (fiction) Morrell, Jessica Page (2006)...
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  • Modes of persuasion Public sphere pedagogy Rhetorical circulation Ridolfo, Jim and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss. “Composing for Recomposition: Rhetorical Velocity...
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  • documentary 'modes' in his schema: poetic, expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative. While Nichols' discussion of modes does progress...
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    Rhetorical criticism analyzes the symbolic artifacts of discourse—the words, phrases, images, gestures, performances, texts, films, etc. that people use...
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  • most often used in rhetoric (in which it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos), as well as in literature, film...
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    literature Literary agent Literary magazine Outline of literature Reading Rhetorical modes Science fiction § As serious literature The definition of rhetoric...
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  • Academic writing Community of inquiry Online discourse environment Rhetorical modes Borg, Erik. Discourse communities (ELT Journal 57:4) Porter, J. (1992)...
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    the Lamb translation), the suggested date of the speech, the primary rhetorical mode, the main point of the speech, and comments. Forensic is synonymous...
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  • language – spoken or written, extempore or prepared – and its genre, rhetorical mode, as narrative, didactic, persuasive, 'phatic communion', etc." Tenor...
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    Irony (category Rhetorical techniques)
    what is actually the case or to be expected. It typically figures as a rhetorical device and literary technique. In some philosophical contexts, however...
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  • Criticism: Theory of Modes", "Ethical Criticism: Theory of Symbols", "Archetypal Criticism: A Theory of Myths", and "Rhetorical Criticism: Theory of Genres...
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    Ichi-go ichi-e Kairosis Kāla (time) Kairos (Madeleine L'Engle) Modes of persuasion Rhetorical velocity Ṛtú Liddell and Scott, Greek-English Lexicon. Liddel...
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    help them to find and compose arguments that are appropriate for a given rhetorical situation. For personal and lyric essays, narratives, and descriptive...
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    Neo-Aristotelianism is a view of literature and rhetorical criticism propagated by the Chicago School – Ronald S. Crane, Elder Olson, Richard McKeon, Wayne...
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  • on one another. Prewriting varies depending on the writing task or rhetorical mode. Fiction requires more imaginative thinking while informational essays...
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    life and introduce the relics that adorn the rooms and corridors. The rhetorical mode is hagiographic, celebrating the life of an extraordinary man, emphasizing...
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