ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Argumentative discourse is when the author tries to convince an audience that his opinion is correct. The main goal of narrative writing or speaking is usually to tell a story, often in order to make the audience feel differently about a certain topic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rhetorical modes (also called modes of discourse) refer to several types of written communication. The four traditional styles, or modes, are narration, description, exposition, and argument.

Detailed explanation-3: -Persuasion involves the use of argumentation to convince another person. to perform an act or accept the point of view desired by the persuader. ( Nippold, 2007) This type of discourse is different from narration or exposition, is directed to a specific audience, and is social.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ethos, Pathos, Logos are modes of persuasion used to convince others of your position, argument or vision. Ethos means character and it is an appeal to moral principles. Logos means reason and it is an appeal to logic. Pathos means experience or sadness and it is an appeal to emotion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most simply, pathos is the appeal to our human emotions. We’re more often moved by our emotions than by logic or common sense, so pathos is a powerful mode of persuasion.