#5. Modes of Writing

These are the modes of writing. They are in no particular order, but you should know that already if you are in Decker's class.

1. (Process Analysis) You wake up, you eat breakfast, and you go on your merry way. By the time you reach lunch, your body has used the energy that was created by breakfast and you are hungry again. This is when you typically eat lunch and refuel your body. Hunger comes about when your body uses up the energy created by the food you intake, and when your stomach becomes empty.

2. (Narration) My second block class is math. This is the class that I have right before lunch, so it is right about that time that I hit the wall. I am hungry, I have no energy, and I lose focus. Most of this is caused by me being hungry. If I can have something to eat, I wake up some and can focus more. Once I run out of the energy that my body gets from breakfast, I just sort of shut down. But after that class I have lunch. Once I eat lunch, I have energy, I am awake, and I can focus in class.

3. (Definition) Hunger is the feeling we get when we have digested the food we have eaten and our stomachs are empty. Our bodies require food to keep working, and so when we run out our bodies give us a notice to get us to eat. Once you eat, the feeling of hunger will go away, and will not come back until your body needs more food.

4. (Argument/Persuasion) Many people do not feel that hunger is a good thing. They associate it with people who do not have enough food, who are in poverty, and who struggle to survive. This is the connotation, however, not the denotation. Hunger is your body telling you to go and get some food so that you can get energy for the day to day activities that you need to do. Without hunger, how would we know when to refuel our bodies?

5. (Cause and effect) Why do we get hungry? Once we get up, we eat breakfast. This introduction of food to our systems kickstarts our bodies metabolism and gets us going for the day. It gives us energy, wakes us up, gets our minds working, and gets us ready for what all we need to accomplish. Part of this increased metabolism involves digesting your breakfast faster, which in turn will make you more hungry later. This just means that your body is using energy, and needs a little more.

6. (Description) The bell rings. You rush out the door into the hall, following the hoard of people to the cafeteria. As you descend the stairs, the smell of the lunchroom hits you all at once. Your stomach growls, and you realize just how hungry you really are. You wait in line, with the people surrounding you. After you get your food, you sit at the table and enjoy whatever food the school decided to provide. By the time lunch is over, hopefully your hunger has been abated and will not be a problem until it is time for a snack or dinner.

7. (Comparison/Contrast) Hunger is usually associated with lack of energy, but they are not the same thing. Both may lead to lack of focus, feeling out of it, and not wanting to do anything. But hunger is caused by your body having digested all of the food in your system, while lack of energy is caused by your using up of the available energy in your system. Hunger usually causes lack of energy, but they are not the same thing.

8. (Example) Hunger, in essence, is your body's way of telling you that it needs more food to provide energy for its daily processes. Growling stomachs, feeling of emptyness, lack of energy, lack of focus, all of these are symptoms of hunger. Hunger is your body trying to get you to give it more energy so that these things do not happen.

9. (Classification) Hunger is not like a switch, where you either are or are not. You can be a little hungry, or starving, and everything in between. When you are just a little hungry, you may have a feeling of hunger, maybe a growling stomach. But the more hungry you get, the more intense these feelings get until you can feel sick and not be able to do anything.

10. (Division of Analysis) Hunger is made up by feelings of an empty stomach, thoughts about food, a desire to eat, and a potential lack of energy. All of these parts come together to make you realize you are hungry, and can all be remedied by having something to eat.