Telling a story
Describing a scene
Giving instructions
Providing information
Characters
Formulas
Graphs
Tables
To provide context
To give instructions
To list facts
To present arguments
Novel
Manual
Recipe
Report
The turning point
The background
The conclusion
The introduction
First person
Omniscient
Second person
Third person
The conclusion
The conflict
The rising action
The setting
Short story
Business report
Instruction manual
Scientific article
Comparisons in which one thing is expressed in terms of another
Are comparisons in which many things are expressed in terms of another
Are similarities in which one thing is expressed in terms of another
Are similarities in which one thing is not expressed in terms of another