Working with Nonfiction

Question 1

Persuasive

Answer 1

goal is to change the reader’s mind or convince them to take action
ex. “I Have a Dream Speech”

Question 2

Logos

Answer 2

appeal to logic
no error in thought
stats, evidence, rational thought
ex. spend this much

Question 3

Pathos

Answer 3

appeal to emotion
tug at sympathies and moving language
side with them because of emotion
ex. instrinsic value of bees

Question 4

Ethos

Answer 4

appeal to ethics: rightness and morality
higher cause
ex. Starvation campaigns

Question 5

Expository

Answer 5

just gives the audience information

Loch Ness Monster

Question 6

Descriptive

Answer 6

just description
Travel guides
often joined with another mode

Question 7

Narrative

Answer 7

biography or history
tells a story
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer