1. Chapter 4: Descriptive Passages

2. Descriptive Discourse (pp. 24-25)
Descriptive discourse tells you who, what, when, where, and sometime how something is or was.
Statements are descriptive.
Descriptive discourse is found in:
New articles
Historical narrative
Novels
The narrative parts of textbooks

3. Accuracy (pp. 28-30) Accuracy and Truth When is accuracy important?
Truth is an absolute property
Accuracy is a matter of degree
When is accuracy important?
When writing essay exams
Whenever having the correct information is important

4. Completeness (pp. 30-31) Completeness is a matter of degree Inferences
We often make inferences on the basis of incomplete information
Consistency
Two statements are consistent if and only if it is possible for both to be true in a given context.

5. Indirect Descriptions (p. 31)
Analogies
Analogies are comparisons among two or more objects.
Analogies can also be used to explain or argue.
Similes and Metaphors
Similes make explicit comparisons between objects. A is like B.
Metaphors implicitly claim comparisons between things. A is B.