Rhetorical Modes Practice

giving directions or explaining steps; focus on how it happens, not why

• process analysis
• cause & effect
• division & classification
• illustration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

separating by a class of things or placing ideas into categories following a clear principle or basis

• division & classification
• description
• process analysis
• definition

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

point out how two or more people, places, or things are alike OR how they differ

• division & classification
• cause & effect
• compare & contrast
• description

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.8.6

define key words to ensure precise communication

• definition
• description
• illustration
• process analysis

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

containing facts, opinions, samples, and anecdotes to make ideas more concrete and to make generalizations more specific and detailed

• definition
• argument
• illustration
• process analysis

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

tells a story or recounts a series of events

• argument
• cause & effect
• illustration
• narration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to create a verbal picture

• definition
• description
• illustration
• argument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”

• definition

• cause and effect

• classification

• chronological

"After all, tomorrow is another day."

Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

• classification

• definition

• chronological

• cause and effect

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

Animal Farm, George Orwell

• description

• classification

• chronological

• compare and contrast