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There are four modes of discourse that you should be aware of. They are as follows:

• narration
• description
• exposition
• argument

NARRATION:

Narration is story telling. It involves relating a series of events, usually in a chronological order. The events narrated may be fictional (a made up story) or nonfictional ( the events really occurred). If the events actually happened, we give the writing another name such as biography, autobiography, history, after action report, or newspaper report.

DESCRPITION:

Description tells what things are like according to the five senses. A descriptive essay, or a descriptive passage in a story, tells how things look, sound, feel, taste, and smell. Nouns and adjectives can show what a person, place, or thing are like in their material aspects. But description often tries to do more than to enable readers to visualize characters, settings, and actions. It may also try to evoke a mood or atmosphere, and this is aided by the use of simile and metaphor.

EXPOSITION:

Exposition is the kind of writing that is used to inform. The prefix " Ex- " comes from Greek through Latin and means "out, or away from." The root of the word comes from the Latin verb "ponere" which means "to place." So translated literally, exposition means "to place out," and, of course, the thing that is placed out for us to see and understand is information. This mode of writing has several subtypes, the most common being process analysis, definition, classification and division, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution.

ARGUMENT:

The purpose of argument is to convince through logic. An argument is based on a belief or opinion that the writer holds as true. The statement of this opinion is called a "thesis." It is usually presented explicitly near the beginning of the argument. To convince readers that his opinion is true, the writer must build a case to support the thesis. Building a case requires presenting reasons for accepting the thesis, and then presenting evidence to support the reasons. If the reader accepts the reasons and the evidence, then he should agree with the thesis.

I hope it helps.