Background to the Task Since Alexander Bain adopted the four-part division of written discourse in his influential composition textbook in the 19th century, description, narration, exposition, and argumentation as modes have had a shaping effect on a shared model on writing and reading pedagogy in American classrooms. Exposition and argumentation have become the jewels of the curriculum while narration with its sidekick, description, are “techniques” to polish the jewels.
Readability and the Novel
Readability and the Novel
Readability and the Novel
Background to the Task Since Alexander Bain adopted the four-part division of written discourse in his influential composition textbook in the 19th century, description, narration, exposition, and argumentation as modes have had a shaping effect on a shared model on writing and reading pedagogy in American classrooms. Exposition and argumentation have become the jewels of the curriculum while narration with its sidekick, description, are “techniques” to polish the jewels.