Rhetorical Functions
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 degrees of certainty
Expressing reasons and explanations / cause and effect
Analysing
Providing support
Application
Working with different voices and finding your own
Taking a stance
Introducing
Drawing conclusions
Recommendations
Reflective
Writing reflectively
(Werlich, 1976; Lackstrom, Selinker & Trimble, 1973)