Argumentative mode
Speaker expresses an opinion or disagrees with another one
Confessional mode
Speaker expresses private or secret thoughts or emotions
Descriptive mode
Speaker details a scene, usually in the present tense
Dialogic mode
Two or more voices take turns in speaking
Didactic mode
Speaker informs or advises the addressee or addressees
Discursive mode
Speaker discusses a topic in the manner of an essay
Dramatic mode
Speaker interacts with others in a well-defined situation
Elegiac mode
Speaker regrets the loss of something or someone
Eulogic mode
Speaker praises something or someone
Expository mode
Speaker illustrates or explains something
Lyric mode
Speaker expresses thoughts or emotions
Narrative mode
Speaker tells a story, usually in the past tense
Persuasive mode
Speaker tries to convince the addressee or addressees
Polemic mode
Speaker criticises something or someone explicitly
Satiric mode
Speaker criticises something or someone implicitly
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