MODELS FOR WRITING IN THE RHETORICAL MODES

                You may wonder why we write the various types of essays
                in class that we do: personal narrative, compare and contrast,
                argument, cause and effect, and process. These are some of the 
                main styles of speaking to (and convincing) an audience that 
                writers use.
        
                There are a few sites online that try to help 
                students understand the steps to writing well in these forms.
        

                                        Look at the example essays.

                                        We'll discuss them in class.


                NOTE:  In many professional essays, you will find that MORE 
                THAN ONE of these techniques are used in the essay.

 

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  Tips for COMPARING  REF.  SOURCES
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• Comparing Flora and Fauna on Mt. Laguna HYPERTEXT DESCRIPTIVE
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• Tohono Literacy Autobiography  DESCRIPTIVE
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• John Locke: CAUSE AND EFFECT
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• Math Test Scores Drop, While Essay Rises: EXPOSITION
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• HYPERTEXT CLASSIFICATION SITE
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• The Tarantula with Only Five Legs: NARRATIVE
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RHETORICAL EXERCISES

• Rhetoric of War

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