Rhetorical Patterns
Modes of Discourse: Types of Essays
Modes of Discourse: Types of Essays
Descriptive: Focuses on a dominant impression (Nadell, McMenimen, Langan 158)
Narrative: Using narration - or story telling
Expository: Explaining why or how
Persuasive: Seeks to convince reader of a position or proposal
Source
Nadell, Judith, Linda McMeniman, and John Langan. The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader. Brief ed.
Boston: Pearson, 2005.