{"id":979,"date":"2019-08-18T03:48:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ardian.id\/?p=979"},"modified":"2019-08-18T03:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:56:14","slug":"rhetorical-functions-in-academic-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/?p=979","title":{"rendered":"Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Typical rhetorical functions used in academic writing<\/p>\n

Descriptive<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Describing objects, location, structure and direction<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Reporting and narrating<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Defining<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Writing instructions<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Describing function<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Describing processes, developments and operations<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Classifying \/ categorising<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Giving examples<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Including tables and charts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Critical<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Writing critically<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Arguing and discussing<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Evaluating other points of view<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Comparing and contrasting: similarities and differences<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Generalising<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. Expressing degrees of certainty<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Expressing reasons and explanations \/ cause and effect<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. Expressing feelings<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. Analysing<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. Planning action<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. Providing support<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. Application<\/a><\/li>\n
    13. Working with different voices and finding your own<\/a><\/li>\n
    14. Taking a stance<\/a><\/li>\n
    15. Using theory<\/a><\/li>\n
    16. Persuading<\/a><\/li>\n
    17. Introducing<\/a><\/li>\n
    18. Using previous research<\/a><\/li>\n
    19. Indicating a gap<\/a><\/li>\n
    20. Presenting findings from statistical analyses<\/a><\/li>\n
    21. Presenting findings from interviews<\/a><\/li>\n
    22. Discussing limitations<\/a><\/li>\n
    23. Drawing conclusions<\/a><\/li>\n
    24. Recommendations<\/a><\/li>\n
    25. Implications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Reflective<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. Writing reflectively<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.uefap.com\/writing\/function\/funcfram.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Typical rhetorical functions used in academic writing Descriptive Describing objects, location, structure and direction Reporting and narrating Defining Writing instructions Describing function Describing processes, developments and operations Classifying \/ categorising Giving examples Including tables and charts Critical Writing critically Arguing and discussing Evaluating other points of view Comparing and contrasting: similarities and differences Generalising Expressing… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":981,"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions\/981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardian.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}