Within each of the four major modes of discourse, a speaker or an author furthers the purpose of spoken or written communication with specificrhetorical approaches. For example, anexpository essaymight employ s
Uses examples from higher education to present a taxonomy of discourse, classifying verbal interchanges into three minor modes (rote pronouncement, passing time, and gossip), a transitional mode (true conversation), and three major modes (rhetoric, dialectic, and deliberation). (JAC)...
Rhetorical modes , also known as rhetorical devices, rhetorical style, or modes of discourse, are simply the name for the style, purpose, and technique a writer uses to convey ideas. The four most common rhetorical modes are description, expository, narration, and persuasive. It is possible to...
into the universe of discourse, and has a particular type of semantic text progression. Finally, I show that tense interpretation differs according to mode: three principles are needed to account for the meaning of tense in discourse. *
There is, however, little agreement on how best to render this service, largely because there has been little thought about the nature of the audience, or about its role in shaping geographical discourse. Geographers must recognize the existence of multiple audiences, and understand that these ...
MAES expected that this economic evaluation would enhance the relevance of conservation knowledge for politics by identifying the most productive ecosystems to protect, and by integrating ecosystem services into economic efficiency calculations, a crucial justification discourse for public administrations (...
Using ample examples, this chapter illustrates the six modes of listening and the virtuoso mode-switching of scientists and other experts. It reflects on the incidence of specific combinations of purposes and ways of listening, and asks how these listening modes inter- act with the third dimension...
Gerard A. Hauser covers a plethora of details on how to create a well-made persuasive argument in his book, an Introduction to Rhetorical Theory; however, he covered three specific essentials that are necessary for persuasion: the components logos, pathos and ethos; purposive discourse and rhetori...
Postman, the author of “Amusing Ourselves to Death”, discusses how the television has negatively affected discourse in America. He uses examples and historical research to make a claim of how it is effecting discourse. The chapter we are looking into does not relate to the television but rath...
How should I look today in thepresence of Americans, dividing and subdividing a discourse, to showthat men have a natural right to freedom, speaking of it relatively andpositively, negatively and affirmatively? To do so would be to makemyself ridiculous, and to offer an insult to your ...