DISCOURSE

Discourse is a formal and often lengthy discussion of a topic.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Discourse is often associated with speech but it is always a written text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This purpose of discourse aims to provide a descriptive and comprehensive discussion on the topic.

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

You do this when you want to provide a source of entertainment for your readers.

• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

You do this when you try to convince the readers to believe in or do something.

• To entertain

• To persuade

• To inform

When analyzing a discourse, you consider the beliefs, customs, attitudes, language, and other things that may influence the author’s perspective on several issues.

• Culture

• Social Environment

• Experiences

When analyzing a discourse, you consider the author's personal accounts or first-hand experiences of events in order to establish the credibility and reliability of information presented in any discourse.

• Culture

• Social Environment

• Experiences

When analyzing a discourse, you consider the author's author’s physical surroundings and social relationships.

• Culture

• Social Environment

• Experiences

It is a type of discoursed that is based on the author’s main impression about the topic and aims to transmit that impression through concrete, colorful, and vivid language.

• Description

• Exposition

• Narration

It is a type of discourse that aims to relate a series of events in a linear or nonlinear structure.

• Description

• Exposition

• Narration