Kenneth
Burke's PENTAD
Kenneth
Burke believed that neither reading
nor writing can be passive. Burke’s
Pentad explains how this active response
takes place. Burke defines five elements
that are always present to some degree
in a piece of writing:
1)
Scene
2) Purpose
3) Act
4) Agent
5) Agency
For
instance, a writer may concentrate attention
on locale or, environment; on a particular
moment in time or even on atmosphere.
There is all a part of what Burke calls
scene. Similarly a writer may choose
to emphasize a purpose that is a motive
or a goal; aim, objective; an intention;
a mission or cause. And of course the
writer may have chosen to focus on an
event an act.
Sometimes
a writer chooses to an agent who may
be a person but might be also be a force
or power or a catalyst for producing
an event. The other element the writer
may examine is agency, which could be
described as an instrument, that caused
something, the mechanism or vehicle
by which something is accomplished.
Burke compared these five elements to
the five fingers on a hand separate,
but ultimately joined. We can consider
any element of the pentad in combination
with any other to establish a relationship
among the elements. And these relationships
expand meaning. For instance, an act
can be examined in its relationship
to the scene, the agent, the agency
and the purpose just as the scene can
be examined in relationship to act,
agent, agency and purpose and so on.
Writing
to Record a Memory
We
can record our memories in the form
of a journal or diary. A journal is
written for ourselves that allows us
recording in detail whatever we have
in mind. In journal we can write whatever
we want without worrying about grammar
style or whatever. Journal can be used
for other motive as well like in writing
to discover or in writing to explore
an idea. But in initial phase we should
not think about other purposes rather
we have to write just to record memories
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Format
of the Proposal Paper
Format
of the thesis is a fore project prepared
before one begins to research on the
particular topic. It is a plan for the
exploration of new thing. A researcher
should make a format of proposal while
doing research. Generally, the format
of the proposal includes the following
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Mechanics
of Writing
The
goal of mechanics of writing is to make
the writing precise and grammatically
correct. It is directed to make the
writing systematic and being concerned
about how to be correct in spelling,
punctuation, italics and so on. The
mechanics of writing are the rules that
must be followed while preparing research
paper so that the research strategies
and the format becomes systematic and
consistent in all academic sectors.
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Thesis
Statements
Thesis
statement is a single sentence that
formulates both the topic and the point
of view. In a sense, it is the answer
to the central question or problem the
research has raised. Thesis statement
will enable one to see where one is
heading and to remain in a productive
path as one plans and writes.
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Writing
as an Exploration
Exploration
literally means a travel in to a region
previously unknown or little known.
The other meaning of exploration is
to look in to examine closely. Writing
as an exploration is either to write
about an area of studies that is unknown
or previously little known to the readers.
Writing as an exploration emphasizes
on writing about new ideas. It is taken
with a wish an argument going beyond
our personal ...
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Writing
to Amuse Others
Unlike
writing to record memory and discover
oneself, writing to amuse others holds
certain different dimensions. Writing
to amuse others is different from these
writing in the sense that these writing
focus on writing himself/ herself. Whereas
in writing to amuse others we give more
emphasis on the part of audience. We
focus on readers rather than ourselves.
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Writing
to Convey Information
When
we write to inform we must pay special
attention to the interests and abilities
of the audience to offer the quality
and quantity of information appropriate
to the readers. When we write for general
readers we should not expect them to
understand specialized vocabulary and
advanced concepts. Generally we must
think about how much and what kind of
information we need to give the audience.
In general there are two points to bear
in mind while writing to inform.
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Writing
to Discover Oneself
While
writing to discover ourselves, we not
only look at our past like memory but
also present and future, we can examine
our social, cultural, and social heritage,
we can interpret our experiences; we
can explore our relationship to the
world and to the people around us.
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