Section outline

    • Processes can be explained in two ways: either in a descriptive or prescriptive way. A descriptive text will explain how a process is carried out. The audience reads this to have an understanding of the process, but not necessarily to do it themselves. An example of this might be a text describing how a telephone works. A prescriptive text, however, consists of a set of instructions which the audience can follow in order to carry out the process themselves, such as installing a car battery.