As you read the two texts you've selected and try to identify the mode of discourse in which it was written, keep in mind that the modes we went over yesterday include:
- Narrative
- Expository
- Description
- Argument
After you have identified the mode of discourse, please explain what it is about that text that makes you believe that it is written in that mode.
Please also remember that I want you to identify what you believe the author's purpose was as he or she wrote. What were we, as readers, supposed to take away from this text? How do you know?
Also, please identify any of the following rhetorical strategies that may have been utilized as the author developed his or her purpose.
- Definition
- Cause/effect
- Process
- Analysis/division
- Classification
- Comparison and contrast
To show your analysis of the mode of discourse and the rhetorical strategies, please post a comment on the passage that states the mode of discourse you believe it to be, the ways you identified it as that mode, the rhetorical strategies you see at play, and a discussion of the purpose.
Please include your name IN THE POST because otherwise I will have no way of knowing who posted what.
I believe the piece Songhua River is a description piece. Some details in the text that lead me to believe this are the fact that the author describes the river at several different times of year and compares and contrasts them at each season. Also, the author included several details about how the river affected her as a child.
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