11-Purposes of Writing

• A text or genre - is any type of written or spoken discourse.
• Examples of written texts

  • short stories
  • editorials
  • news stories
  • novels
  • drama
  • recipes
  • poems
  • biographies
  • folktales
• Narrative Writing

  Narrate - tell a story
• Expository Writing

  Describe - paint a picture in the reader’s minds using words that appeal to the five senses
• Expository Writing

  Inform - explain something, presents facts, provides information like news reports, police report, speeches, email message, articles, etc
• Expository Writing

  Explain - elaborate the topic by providing details in explaining something.
• Argumentative/Persuasive writing

  Argue – present arguments and pieces of evidence
• Argumentative/Persuasive writing

  Persuade - convince the readers to take action or to accept a belief
• Analyze/Review – is considered as the reader’s response to the text
• Analyze - examine or break down the whole into parts; offer judgment
• Critical review – assess a text in terms of its strengths and weaknesses and form judgment
• Poetry - is the oldest form of literature
• Prose - is written without considering rhythmical patterns or word syllables that make up sentences