Rhetorical Modes of Writing

This approach to writing explains how something is done.

• compare/contrast

• narration

• description

• process analysis

This approach to writing focuses on the 5 senses.

• narration

• description

• process analysis

• division/classification

When you want to tell a story in your writing you are using the ________________ mode of writing.

• narration

• definition

• desctiption

• problem solving

When you want to explain how two things are alike or different you are using:

• process analysis

• problem solving

• description

• compare/contrast

If you want to explain something defining what it is or maybe what it is not you are using ______________________ mode of writing.

• process analysis

• narration

• definition

• cause and effect

This approach to writing focuses on establishing a problem and then explaining its solution.

• cause and effect

• compare/contrast

• description

• problem/solution

When you have a complex topic and you decide to break it into sections to help the reader better understand you are using: ________________

• classification/division

• narration

• description

• cause/effect

Another way to make a complex topic easer to understand is to use an example to illustrate the what you are trying to say. This is _________________ mode of writing.

• descriptive

• process analysis

• definition

• example

If you wanted the causes of climate change and its effects this would be ____________ mode of writing.

• process analysis

• cause and effect

• narration

• example

Which one of the following is not a mode of writing we learned about yesterday?

• cause and effect

• example

• expository

• narration