Expository Writing Organizational Strategies

"The use of specific examples to prove a point" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• classification

• illustration

"To tell a story about a sequence of events that happened" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• illustration

• descriptive

• classification

• narrative

"To inform the reader about how to do something, how something works, or how something happened" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• narrative

• illustrative

• process

• definition

"To explain what a term or concept means by providing relevant examples" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• classification

• narrative

• illustrative

• definition

"To categorise a topic to help readers understand different qualities about that topic" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• classification

• illustrative

• defintion

• process

"To present information about similarities and/or differences" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• cause and effect

• illustrative

• compare and contrast

• descriptive

"To explain why an event happened and/or what the consequences of the event were" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• argumentative

• narrative

"To take a position on an issue and offer reasons for your position" - Which rhetorical strategy is this?

• argumentative

• illustrative

• descriptive

• narrative