A rhetorical mode is a strategy--a way or method of presenting a subject—through writing or speech (Jewell, 2004).
The Four most commonly used modes of discourse are:
■Argument: The kind of writing that centres on beliefs, attitudes, ideas and conceptions which is akin to exposition in this respect.
■Description: The kind of writing that is aimed at expressing what a thing looks like, sound like, feels feels like, smells like or taste like. It focuses heavily on how we see the world through our five senses.
■Exposition: This kind of writing is geared at making an idea clear, analysing a situation, defining a term or giving instructions.
■Narration: Any type of discourse that relates events in time.
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