TEXT TYPES

According to their rhetoric function

By Nelly Fernández de MorgadoUniversidad Simón Bolívar

October 2012

Types

Definition

Description

Classification

Comparison&

Contrast

ChronologyProcess

Cause-effect

Hypothesis

Argument

Definition

SAMPLE TEXT

A key component of an automobile's charging system, which provides current to recharge the battery and develops electricity to power all other electrical components when the engine is running, is the alternator.

Description

SAMPLE TEXT

An alternator consists of rotor assembly, a stator assembly, and a rectifier mounted in a housing.

ClassificationSAMPLE TEXT

Alternators are classified in several ways in order to distinguish properly the various types. One method of classification is by the number of phases of output voltage. Alternating current generators may be single phase, two phase, three phase, or even six phase and more. In the electrical systems of aircraft, the three phase alternator is by far the most common.

Comparison & contrast

SAMPLE TEXT

Thus, even though the pressurized water reactor and the boiling water reactor are generally similar in operation, there are some differences between the two systems. For example, The steam in a pressurized water reactor is produced in a secondary system while the steam in boiling water reactor is produced directly in the reactor core.

Chronology

TEXT SAMPLE

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. In 1905, the young physicist obtained his Doctorate degree and published four of his most influential research papers, including the Special Theory of Relativity. In that, the now world famous equation "e = mc2" unlocked mysteries of the Universe theretofore unknown. Ten years later, in 1915, Einstein completed his General Theory of Relativity and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Process

SAMPLE TEXT Nuclear energy originates from the splitting of

uranium atoms in a process called fission. At the power plant, the fission process is used to generate heat for producing steam, which is used by a turbine to generate electricity.

Cause-effect

SAMPLE TEXT

In recent decades, cities have grown so large that now about 50% of the Earth's population lives in urban areas. There are several reasons for this occurrence. One reason is that the increasing industrialization of the nineteenth century resulted in the creation of many factory jobs, which tended to be located in cities. These jobs, with their promise of a better material life, attracted many people from rural areas.

Hypothesis

SAMPLE TEXT

If the size of the molecules is related to the rate of diffusion as they pass through a membrane, then smaller molecules will flow through at a higher rate.

Argument

SAMPLE TEXT While positive

discrimination towards women may have been valid and perhaps even necessary in the 1970s, it is no longer needed. The position of women has changed in the last two decades. It is now time that we judged people on what they can do and not on their gender.

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Texts retreived from

http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/descx4.html

http://avstop.com/ac/apgeneral/alternators.html

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Community/WhatIsNuclearEnergy.shtm

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/cause.html

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-hypothesis.html

http://home.ku.edu.tr/~doregan/Argumentation/samplearguments.html