WRIT 1000 Lecture Notes - Narration
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There are four major modes of expression: descriptive : simple, yet the most essential. Physical presence doesn"t have to be there in order to be descriptive. Similes and metaphors can be used to substitute another sensory experience. Spatial arrangement describes how something appears in space. Denotative language explains the direct meaning and refers to exact terminology. Connotative refers to something left unsaid, and is highly subjective: narrative mode. Our expectations are disrupted if time does not go in that order: chronological arrangement, expository mode. Reveal, instructs, explains something to the reader (most writing uses this mode in that it shows something to the reader: often uses one or more of these strategies. Commonly used to explain something or to instruct the: argumentative mode reader. Takes a position and tries to prove its point. Sometimes tries to persuade an audience to change its mind or to take action.
