expository or argumentative in nature.

Types of Writing in Writing a Definition Essay

: Makes the story or image difficult to visualize.

2 Types of Analogy

: In writing the main idea of a narrative text, you must state how you feel about the set of events that occurred.

: These are important and effective pedagogical tools for organizing content and ideas.

topic+writer's opinion

compares two things that are technically unrelated, in order to draw comparisons between an attribute or pattern they share.

"Language is not a transparent medium or a window through which we see into the language-user's mind. Language is shaped by its context and by the way verbal communication works."

It is a rhetorical device used for listing details, or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step.

a unit that is larger than sentences. It has a structural pattern that hold more meaning than a sentence.

used to show the similarities and differences between two or more people, objects, or ideas.

It is the objective meaning of a word. The definition of a word will always be the same for everybody, no matter what.

a list of ideas arranged in a specific order, and it shows how information is presented in writing.

"The sun was shining, and a slight breeze blew across my face."

Literary Discourse:

Story Telling

"It was a nice day"

Three Themes of Discourse according to Cameron and Panovic.

With this list, you can generate ideas quickly and recall specific information about a topic.

Greek scholars used analogies to directly illustrate similar relationships between two pairs of words, often for the purpose of logical argument.

: shows how two things are alike, but with the ultimate goal of making a point about this comparison.

TECHNIQUES IN SELECTING AND ORGANIZING INFORMATION

used to show the different steps in a process. It contains information on the stages of a process in the order that it must be completed.

to inform

a personal narrative and is typically written in first-person point of view

Discourse means ____ in Late Latin

commonly found in instructional materials, advertisements, and editorials. Directive in nature as it provides detailed information on how something is done or achieved

Use of Five Senses

: It is the pattern of development in writing that is used to tell or retell a story or a set of related events.

It is defining something by stating what it is not.

Levels of Topic Outline:

represent the main ideas and are indicated by Roman numerals.

convince through logic

Types of discourse

focuses on how language is used creatively to form themes and convey ideologies.

: is an opening sentence(s) that is written as an introduction to the subject of a text.

: it is the use of word to suggest a different association other than its literal definition.

Makes the story or image seem clearer and more real to us.

represent the supporting ideas. they are indicated by capital letters and are indented.