Modes of Rhetoric

1. Narration- Narration is storytelling and reviewing a sequence of events. When examining the class and education of each writer, we had to represent what happened and explain why to arrive at each reason for their class and education.

2. Example- Example is the pointing to instances and using particulars to get at principles. When displaying the race, class, education and gender of the writers, we used specific examples from their past to develop the influences on their writings.

3. Compare/Contrast- The rhetoric mode of comparing and contrasting is the juxtaposition of two or more ideas/events/objects in hopes that it might be explained or clarified or proven to be better than the rest. Comparing/contrasting is used throughout this presentation to display the similar ones and differences of abolitionist writers.

4. Cause and Effect- Cause and effect is to ask why, to analyze by dividing into reasons and results. Cause and effect is used throughout the analysis of the writers' race, gender, class and education to determine how they developed their ideas and opinions and why.

5. Exposition- An exposition explains or sets forth something and answers the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why). We used this mode of rhetoric and answered the 5 W's through the examination of each author's race, gender, class and education.

Modes of Rhetoric Used Throughout the Presentation