IS ANY WRITTEN OR SPOKEN

COMMUNICATION.

WHEN WE SAY WRITTEN OR

SPOKEN, IT REFERS TO WHAT AND
HOW WE COMMUNICATE TO
OTHER PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
 DISCOURSE CAN ALSO BE
DESCRIBED AS THE EXPRESSION
OF THOUGHTS THROUGH
LANGUAGE.
 IT CAN ALSO REFER TO THE
SMALLEST ACT OF
COMMUNICATION, THE ANALYSIS
CAN BE QUITE COMPLEX.
HAVE YOU EVER ENTERED INTO A
CONVERSATION AND HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT
PEOPLE WERE TALKIN’ ABOUT.
FOR INSTANCE, SAY YOU’VE
NEVER SEEN AN INCREDIBLY
POPULAR SHOW THAT INVOLVES
A FAIR MOUNT OF DRAGONS AND
SWORDS FIGHT. IF SEVERAL OF
YOUR FRIENDS ARE TALKING
ABOUT IT, YOU’LL FEEL RATHER
LEFT OUT.
NOT ONLY WILL YOU NOT KNOW
THE PLOT OF THIS SHOW, BUT
YOU WON’T KNOW THE
CHARACTERS, THE SETTING, AND
SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY
THEY USE. THEY WILL BE
ENGAGED IN A DISCOURSE AND
YOU’LL BE LEFT OUT.
WHAT ARE THE BASIC
TYPES OF DISCOURSE?
 1ST – ARGUMENT

A FORM OF COMMUNICATION
MEANT TO CONCEIVE AN
AUDIENCE THAT THE WRITER OR
SPEAKER IS CORRECT, USING
EVIDENCE AND REASON.
 2ND – NARRATION

THIS FORM OF COMMUNICATION

TELLS A STORY, OFTEN WITH
EMOTION AND EMPATHY
INVOLVED.
 3RD- DESCRIPTION

COMMUNICATION THAT RELIES

ON THE FIVE SENSES TO HELP
THE AUDIENCE VISUALIZE
SOMETHING.
 4TH- EXPOSITION

USE TO INFORM THE AUDIENCE

OF SOMETHING WITH RELATIVELY
NEUTRAL LANGUAGE.
5TH – EXPRESSIVE

COMPRISES THOSE ACTS OF

LTERARY WRITING THAT IS
CREATIVE, YET NON-FICTION.
THIS COULD INCLUDE MEMOIRS,
LETTERS, OR ONLINE BLOGS.
6TH –POETIC

COMPRISES CREATIVE, FICTIONAL

WRITING. IT INCLUDES NOVELS,
POEMS, AND DRAMA. THIS YPE
PRIORITIZE EMOTION, IMAGERY,
THEME, AND CHARACTER
DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE USE
OF LITERARY DEVICES LIKE
METAPHOR AND SYMBOLISM.
 7TH – TRANSACTIONAL

USE TO PROPEL SOMETHING INTO

ACTION, SUCH AS ADVERTISING
MOTIVATING CUSTOMER HOW TO USE
A PRODUCT VIA MANUAL. THIS TYPE
DOES NOT RELY SO MUCH ON
LITERARY DEVICE.