LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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Which type of writing is featured in the following sentence? “Since it was dark outside, I stumbled over a rock and fell on my face.”
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Persuasive writing
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Informative writing
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Descriptive writing
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Narrative writing
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When an author writes in a descriptive style, they are painting a picture in words of a person, place, or thing for their audience. The author might employ metaphor or other literary devices in order to describe the author’s impressions via their five senses (what they hear, see, smell, taste, or touch).
Detailed explanation-2: -As explained in the USC Rossier infographic, “There are three writing capacities: writing to persuade, writing to explain, and writing to convey real or imagined experiences.” These three types of writing are usually called argument, informative, and narrative writing.
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