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| Features | Connectives | | Information | Telling facts and opinions. Third person. | | | Explanation | Telling why, how, what. Third/first person. | Sequence: after, next Cause: because, so Comparison: although, in contrast | | Describe | Creating a picture with words. | | | Instruction | Imperative verbs. Present tense. Second person. | Next, then when | | Recount | Past tense, chronology. First or third person. | Temporal: later, meanwhile Casual: because, so, since Contrast: although, however, nevertheless | | Persuasion | One sided. Second person. Imperative verbs. | Therefore, because | | Argue | One sided. Logical steps. | First, secondly, furthermore, moreover, next, to conclude, finally | | Advise | Addresses reader directly. Reassuring tone-modal verbs e.g. can, could, may, might, will, would, shall should, must. | | | Discursive | From Latin discurrere, to run about, to run in different ways, so both sides of an argument. Logic. | as a result, however, alternatively, for example, on the other hand |
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