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What are the purposes of discourse?
To inform, persuade, and entertain.
This is the broad term for language in use, encompassing not just sentences but social context and interaction.
Discourse
What is the general format of academic text?
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion
This type of diagram uses boxes or shapes and connecting lines to show the steps in a process.
Flow Chart
What are the techniques in selecting and organizing information?
Brainstorming, Graphic Organizer, Topic and Sentence Outline
The purpose of discourse that aims to move a reader to a specific viewpoint or action.
To persuade
The type of discourse primarily concerned with telling a story or recounting a sequence of events.
Narrative Discourse
A formal type of discourse that attempts to prove a point or defend a position using logic, evidence, and reason.
Argumentative Discourse
The primary purpose of an expository text, like a textbook chapter or a news report.
To inform
This type of literary discourse includes non-fiction creative works like biographies, personal letters, and journals.
Poetic Discourse
This French philosopher is famous for viewing discourse as a system of thought or knowledge that constructs power structures and world experience.
Michel Foucault
A real estate listing that uses rich adjectives like "sun-drenched," "marble-clad," and "sprawling" to paint a picture of the property. The type of discourse use is _____
Descriptive Discourse
A chef writing down a recipe that details the sequence of mixing ingredients and the correct baking temperatures. The type of discourse use is _____
Expository Discourse
A university essay that uses statistical evidence and expert quotations to support the claim that standardized testing should be abolished. The type of discourse use is _____
Argumentative Discourse
Before starting a paper, you write out the thesis, topic sentences for each body paragraph, and the conclusion sentence. What technique was used?
Sentence Outline
A concise, one-to-two-sentence summary of the main point or argument of an essay, research paper, or other academic work.
Thesis statement
This concept refers to the audience's ability to easily follow the argument and see the logical connection between the parts of a text.
Coherence
It is typically placed at the end of the introduction and serves as a roadmap for the reader, clearly stating the topic and the writer's position on it.
Thesis statement
The overarching term for the grammatical and lexical ties that link sentences and clauses, creating the surface structure of a text.
Cohesion
A research paper uses many pronouns, transitions, and synonyms, yet its paragraphs lack clear topic sentences. The text is failing in this area, even though its surface features are strong. This violates _____
Coherence