Types of Writing

• Types of Writing:

  1. Informative Writing
  2. Journalistic Writing
  3. Literary Writing
• Informative Writing

  • Used to present information to readers in an unbiased manner.
• The purpose of Informative Writing is to raise the reader's awareness about a topic.
• Informative writing might include:

  1. Provide knowledge
  2. Explain a process
  3. Develop a concept
• 5 structures of Informative Writing:

  1. Description
  2. Sequence
  3. Cause and Effect
  4. Comparison and Contrast
  5. Problem and Solution
• Description

  • Explains a topic, often in considerable detail.
• Sequence

  • Writers can lay out steps in a process, series of events, or hierarchy.
• Cause and Effect

  • Focus on events and tells the effects of the writer's name the events and tells what caused it.
• Comparison and Contrast

  • Describes the similarities or difference between objects, places, or events.
• Problem and Solution

  • Pros and cons of each solution.
• Journalistic Writing

  • Style of writing in reporting news stories.
  • Brevity; objectivity
• Purpose of Journalistic Writing

  1. Give readers information
  2. Can also retain
  3. Can be persuasive without choosing sides
• Parts of Journalistic Writing

  • The lead
  • The body
  • The tail
• The Lead

  • The most important information.
• The body

  • The crucial information.
• The tail

  • Extra information.
• Literary Writing

  • Defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritage of students.