Rhetorical Patterns

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.