Narration, The purpose is to tell a story or relate an event and a useful tool for sequencing or putting details and information into some kind of logical order, usually chronological., Description, This is to recreate, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that which is being described., Example, It carries one or more examples into great detail, in order to show the details of a complex problem in a way that’s easy for readers to understand., Definition, It takes the concept more broadly, moving beyond the dictionary to deeply examine a word or concept as we actually use and understand it., Process Analysis, Academic writing can incorporate this to show how an existing problem came to be, or how it might be solved, by following a clear series of steps., Classification, This is particularly useful when an author has a unique way of dividing up the concepts, to provide new insight into the ways it might be viewed., Compare & Contrast, In academic essays, this is used to generally show that one item is superior to another, based on a set of evaluations included as part of the writing., Cause & Effect, Offer an explanation about why that sequence matters.

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