Utterance, talk, speech, discussion, and conversation
An extended expression of thoughts or ideas
Text
A continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances of conversations in spoken language
Connected speech is more than just a string of target segments joined in series since each part are liable to influence the segments that surround it
Classification of Discourse
Exposition
Description
Narration
Argumentation
Poetic
Expressive
Exposition
A form of discourse that serves to explain or inform; it appeals to the intellect
Exposition
A research paper on the causes and effects of global warming; an article on child labor and child abuse
Description
A form of discourse that serves to describe or state the qualities or characteristics of something/ someone it appeals to the senses
Description
A student's description of his ideal teacher; a descriptive article on a festive celebration of a town's patron saint
Narration
A form of discourse that serves to narrate or tell a story; it appeals to the emotions
Narration
A narrative account of a student's near-death experience; a fictive story about an encounter with a supernatural being
Argumentation
A form of discourse that serves to argue or to persuade, to convince or take an action
Argumentation
An essay on military action; a commercial endorsing a product
Poetic
A type of literary conversation which focuses on the expression of feelings, ideas, imaginations, events and places through specific rhymes and rhythms. It makes use of common words in appealing ways to present feelings and emotions
Poetic
I marvel how nature could ever find space for so many strange contacts in human face. There's thought and no thought, and there's paleness and bloom and bustle and sluggishness, pleasure and gloom.
Expressive
It does not involve the presentation of facts or the motivating of others. Rather, it is a reflection of our emotions which form the foundation of our expressions
