Discourse

Question 1

What are the different types of English discourses?

Answer 1

Descriptive Discourse.
Narrative Discourse.
Expository Discourse.
Argumentative Discourse.

Question 2

What is Discourse Structure?

Answer 2

Discourse structure is a term used to describe the way in which an entire text is organised

Question 3

What is Discourse?

Answer 3

Written or spoken communication or debate

Question 4

anaphoric reference

Answer 4

a word or group of words that link backward to a reference in a text

Question 5

discourse marker

Answer 5

marks a change in direction in an extended piece of writing or spoken text

Question 6

narrative

Answer 6

any report of connected events, actual or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words, or still or moving images

Question 7

synthetic personalisation

Answer 7

making it appear as though the text is personally addressed to the reader / listener, even when it is actually to a mass audience

Question 8

authoritative tone

Answer 8

mode of address to audience that seems bossy or authoritarian

Question 9

cataphoric reference

Answer 9

a word or group of words that links forward to a reference in a text

Question 10

cohesive features

Answer 10

phases or words that help the reader associate one part of a text with another and help it glue together