Relates events that happen to characters usually in chronological order.
What is narrative?
100
The meaning of a term.
What is definition?
100
Can be measured, proven, or documented.
What is fact?
100
Details arranged according to time.
What is chronological order?
100
Dividing members of an entity (thing or subject) into types or classes.
What is classification?
200
Conveys information about or explains a subject.
What is exposition?
200
Shows differences or unlikenesses between two topics.
What is contrast?
200
data or information in the form of numbers.
What is statistics?
200
Details arranged in order of space, place, or location
What is spatial order?
200
Communication through written or spoken words.
What is discourse?
300
Uses emotion and/or logic to convince the reader to agree with a point made by the author.
What is persuasive?
300
Shows likenesses or similarities between topics.
What is comparison?
300
Finding reasons to explain events, problems, or issues, and the consequences that result.
What is cause and effect?
300
Details or specific information that comes before the main idea or general statement. (specific to general)
What is inductive?
300
the art or study of using language effectively and persuasively for the purpose of communication
What is rhetoric?
400
Emphasizes details that may include color, comparisons, and/or modifiers; Purpose is to paint pictures for the reader.
What is descriptive?
400
Steps in chronological order, how something works.
What is process?
400
Imaginative comparison between two unlike topics, an extended metaphor.
What is analogy?
400
Main idea, or general statement, is followed by details or specific information.(general to specific)
What is deductive?
400
the subjects of the paragraph. (Subjects are nouns).
What is topic?
500
communication which is not poetry.
What is prose?
500
Supports and clarifies the main idea by pointing out a typical or concrete instance
What is example?
500
Examining separate parts of the subject or idea.
What is analysis?
500
General statement or main idea is followed by specific information or details. The main idea is then restated
What is variation of deductive order?
500
most important information the reader learns about the topic; statement suggesting what the passage or paragraph will be saying about the "topic"; more specific than the "topic"