See also register Mode is part of the abstract linguistic concept known as ‘register’ and refers both to the pattern of the text and to the medium in which a spoken or written message is given. Patterns in a text are achieved by...

In literature, a mode is an employed method or approach, identifiable within a written work. As descriptive terms, 'form' and/or 'genre' are often used inaccurately instead of 'mode' (for example; the pastoral mode is often mistakenly referred to as a...