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What is discourse?
What is discourse?
- A piece of language that has no unity, meaning, or purpose
- Any unit of connected speech or writing limited to a sentence
- A system of language that includes vocabulary and grammar
- Any unit of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence (correct)
What is narration?
What is narration?
- A description of an event in any order
- A piece of language with no unity, meaning, or purpose
- A type of discourse that uses no pronouns
- A description of an event in chronological order (correct)
What is the main difference between narration and description?
What is the main difference between narration and description?
- Description includes an action
- Narration uses more pronouns
- Narration includes an action (correct)
- Description uses more pronouns
What is the purpose of setting in a narrative?
What is the purpose of setting in a narrative?
What is the purpose of character in a narrative?
What is the purpose of character in a narrative?
What is the difference between simple and plotted narrative?
What is the difference between simple and plotted narrative?
What is the purpose of description in discourse?
What is the purpose of description in discourse?
What is the vertical pattern of description?
What is the vertical pattern of description?
What is the purpose of an affective description?
What is the purpose of an affective description?
What type of description appeals to the intellect and provides details about the appearance of a person, place, or object?
What type of description appeals to the intellect and provides details about the appearance of a person, place, or object?
What is the primary difference between exposition and argumentation?
What is the primary difference between exposition and argumentation?
What is the purpose of circumlocution in a text?
What is the purpose of circumlocution in a text?
What is the main goal of an artistic description?
What is the main goal of an artistic description?
What is the purpose of recursive pattern in a text?
What is the purpose of recursive pattern in a text?
What is the purpose of narrative interspersion in a text?
What is the purpose of narrative interspersion in a text?
What type of description is used to describe the interior of a room?
What type of description is used to describe the interior of a room?
Study Notes
Discourse
- Refers to any unit of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence
- Goes beyond the limits of the sentence
- It is one of the 4 systems of language, along with vocabulary, grammar, and phonology
- Any piece of extended language that has unity, meaning, and purpose
Forms of Discourse
Narration
- Description of an event in chronological order
- Uses pronouns like "I" and "me"
- Includes an action
- Follows a chronological order
- Elements:
- Setting: time and place of the action
- Character: persons involved in the story
- Actions: incidents, causes, and manner of the outcome
- Types:
- Simple: narrative of real events
- Plotted: fictional, result of the author's invention
Description
- Fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars in the story
- Can go hand in hand with narration
- Patterns:
- Spatial: describes how the subject occupies space
- Vertical: describes subjects taller than they are wide
- Horizontal: describes subjects in a horizontal sequence
- Circular: describes something that is not in a straight line
- Affective: describes the effect a person, place, or thing has on the writer
- Kinds:
- Informative (Scientific and Technical): appeals to the intellect
- Artistic (Suggestive/ Evocative or Literary): aims to give pleasure
Exposition
- Type of oral or written discourse used to explain, describe, or give information
- Difference between exposition and argumentation:
- Exposition gives a balanced amount of the subject and uses a neutral tone
- Argumentation convinces the reader of the writer's overall point
- Patterns:
- Circumlocution: discusses a topic, then diverts to discuss a related topic
- Narrative Interspersion: intersperses a narrative within the expository text
- Recursion: discusses the topic, then returns to it
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Understand the concept of discourse in linguistics, a unit of connected speech or writing that goes beyond sentential boundaries. Learn how it differs from other language systems like vocabulary, grammar, and phonology.
