Expository (also called informative)

Persuasive (also called argumentive)

Descriptive

Narrative

Exposition writing "explains" or "informs.

Most of the writing we do is expository.

When we do EXPOSitory writing, we are

EXPOSing the reader to specific
information.

Any time you are write, type, or text

ANYBODY, ANY information, you are
using Expository writing.

Do your interests require Expository

Writing?
Chances are that most do (whether you

like it or not)

Ever try to convince anyone of your point of

view?
(Come on, you are middle schoolers, of course

you have)
I am sure you did this when you were really little.
How about writing a letter to Santa. What you
were doing there was persuading him that you
had been good that year and you deserve the
present you wanted.

If you do any convincing verbally, that

would be Persuasive Speaking. If you were
to write those same words down, that
would be Persuasive writing.

Any time, ever you need to write an

essay or letter to convince people that
your point of view is the right one.

Politicians
Writing a letter to the editor
Job Applications
Writing to request money from an
organization

Narrative is storytelling
Doesnt matter whether that story is fact or

fiction.
This is a good spot for descriptive writing, it
allows you to set the scene for the reader.

Description can be used by itself, but

many times it is found in the other three
types of writing.

Description uses details attained from

the five senses to give the reader a
"word picture" of a setting, an object, a
person, or whatever it is that is being
described.

Use in ANY type of writing

Write with excessive detail.

Use many adjectives

Make the senses feel as if the item or event is

right in front of them

Be careful that the descriptiveness

doesnt take over what the purpose of
the writing is.