Britton's modes

Question 1

What are Britton’s 3 modes?

Answer 1

1. Expressive
2. Transactional
3. Poetic

Question 2

What is the expressive mode?

Answer 2

• first to be developed as it resembles speech
• uses first person
• content based on personal preferences

Question 3

What is the poetic mode?

Answer 3

• develops gradually
• encouraged early on because of creativity
• phonological features (rhyming, rhythm, alliteration)
• descriptive

Question 4

What is the transactional mode?

Answer 4

• develops last (12)
• requires differentiation between speech and writing
• more impersonal (essays)
• third person
• graphological features (sub-headings, bullet points)