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UNIT 4

RHETORICAL FUNCTIONS
WHAT ARE RHETORICAL FUNTIONS?
*Main functions used by EST writers.

*Fundamental parts of the organization of scientific
and technical information.

*Provide readers with different kinds and amounts of
information.
MAIN RHETORICAL FUNTIONS

DESCRIPTION: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION: FUNCTION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION: PROCESS DESCRIPTION

DEFINITION

CLASSIFICATION
INSTRUCTION
Simply
instructions or
instructional
information
It tells someone
what to do
and how to do it
Direct instructions: Use of
imperative form
of the verb
Indirect instructions: Use modal
verbs
and the passive mood
Instructional Information: assist instructions
by providing corollary information; cautions,
warnings, specifying statements ,
descriptions, etc.
VISUAL-VERBAL RELATIONSHIP
Visual aids
(illustrative
material)
and a text
Adds
information to
the discourse
Can be found with other
type of
rhetorical features
Markers: Maps, photographs, drawings,
graphs, schemas, tables, charts, etc

GRAMMATICAL-RHETORICAL RELATIONS
TIPO DE TEXTO DESCRIPCIN INSTRUCCIN
TIPOS DE VERBOS

Verbos de estado Dinmico
(Verbos de accin)
FORMA VERBAL Presente simple,
Presente continuo, presente perfecto,
entre otros.
Imperativo
(Stem)
ORGANIZACIN No secuencial (general a
especfico/especfico a general)
Secuencia de acciones
MARCADORES DEL DISCURSO Adjetivos, comparaciones, contrastes,
categoras, modales (can, may, must,
might, could, should, etc.)
Indicadores de secuencia (First,
second, then)
Conectores
Verbos modales (can, may,
must, should)
Definicin
D. Fsica
Clasificacin D. de Funcin
GRAMMATICAL-RHETORICAL RELATIONS
TIPO DE TEXTO NARRACIN PROCESO
TIPOS DE VERBOS

Verbos de accin Verbo de estado+verbos de accin
FORMA VERBAL Pasado simple, pasado continuo,
perfecto o voz pasiva en pasado.
Voz pasiva (to be+stem+en)
Tiempos perfectos(has/have+stem+en)
ESTRUCTURA SVO COMPUESTO, SVO, SV, SVAA,
SVOO
SpP, SpVO, SpV, SpVAA
ORGANIZACIN Secuencia cronolgica Secuencia de etapas
MARCADORES DEL
DISCURSO
Condicionales, modales, indicadores
de orden y secuencia cronolgica
(fechas)
Modales, indicadores de secuencia,
tiempo, orden, formas impersonales (It
is/ It was)
Sujeto+verbo+objeto
Sujeto
pasivo+Predicado Sujeto+verbo
VOZ PASIVA
Estructura
SUJETO VERBO to be PARTICIPIO PASADO COMPLEMENTO
INGLES ESPAOL
The pizza is eaten by us La pizza es comida por nosotros
I was given a book Me dieron un libro
The porter carries the bags El portero lleva los bolsos
The bags are carried by the
porter

Los bolsos son llevados por el portero
FORMA VERBAL FRMULA INGLS ESPAOL
Presente simple
am/are/is + participio
pasado
She is watched by the
teacher
Ella es observada por el
profesor
Presente continuo
am/are/is being +
participio pasado
She is being watched by
the teacher

Ella esta siendo
observada por el
profesor
Futuro Simple will be + participio pasado
She will be watched by
the teacher

Ella ser observada por
el profesor
Futuro prximo
am/are/is going to be +
participio pasado
She is going to be
watched by the teacher

Ella va a ser observada
por el profesor
Pasado simple
was/were + participio
pasado
She was watched by the
teacher

Ella fue observada por
el profesor
Pasado continuo
was/were being +
participio pasado
She was being watched
by the teacher

Ella estubo siendo
observada por el
profesor
Pretrito perfecto
have/has been + participio
pasado
She has been watched
by the teacher

Ella ha sido observada
por el profesor

Pretrito
pluscuamperfecto
had been + participio
pasado
She had been watched
by the teacher

Ella habia sido
observada por el
profesor
Futuro perfecto
will have been + participio
pasado
She will have been
watched by the teacher

Ella habr sido
observada por el
profesor.
TIEMPOS PERFECTOS
Se forman con el verbo TO HAVE (HABER), el cual sufre la modificacin.
La estructura bsica de los tiempos perfectos es:
SUJETO
VERBO
TO HAVE
VERBO
PRINCIPAL
EN
PARTICIPIO
PRESENTE PERFECTO
TIEMPOS PERFECTOS
FUTURO PERFECTO
PASADO PERFECTO
CONDICIONAL PERFECTO
I have walked
I had walked
I will have walked
I would have walked

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