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Mode is the type of text (e.g., visual, spoken, written) that affects the type of language used.
Mode: Are you speaking about it or writing about it?
For example, the Persuasive Essay Example uses language that is appropriate to a formal written mode. However, if the essay began with the line below it would reflect an inappropriate conversational mode:
Hi there! In the context of education …
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