The Quarry Restaurant
Description is one of four rhetorical modes, along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions. The act of description may be related to that of definition.
Trading Hours
Lunch:
Monday- Friday 11:30am-2pm
Saturday & Sunday 11:30am-2:30pm
Dinner:
Sunday-Thursday 5:30pm-8:30pm
Friday & Saturday 5:30pm-9pm
Signature Favourites
Description is one of four rhetorical modes, along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions. The act of description may be related to that of definition.
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Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story.
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The pattern of development that presents a word picture of a thing, a person, a situation, or a series of events.
The most appropriate and effective techniques for presenting description are a matter of ongoing discussion among writers and writing coaches.