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Purposes of Writing

Quiz by Wen Asuncion

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  • Q1
    This purpose of writing includes stating facts to back up your position, offering the testimony of experts, and being able to explain why people with other opinions are mistaken (without getting emotional about it).
    Narrative
    Descriptive
    Expository
    Persuasive
    20s
  • Q2
    The writer furnishes you with relevant facts and figures and does not include his opinions. This is one of the most common type of writing styles, which you always see in text books and usually “How – to” articles, in which the author tells you about a given subject.
    Narrative
    Descriptive
    Expository
    Persuasive
    20s
  • Q3
    This is a purpose of writing that is often poetic in nature and refers to places, people, events, situations, or locations in a highly-detailed manner.
    Persuasive
    Narrative
    Descriptive
    Expository
    20s
  • Q4
    This writing have a beginning, a middle, and an end. This can be based on personal experience or that of someone else.
    Narrative
    Persuasive
    Descriptive
    Expository
    20s
  • Q5
    It is often used in complain letters; when you provide reasons and justifications for your complaint; other copy writing texts, T.V commercials, affiliate marketing pitches, etc.
    Expository
    Narrative
    Persuasive
    Descriptive
    20s
  • Q6
    This writing often has characters, dialogues, situations like actions, motivational events, and disputes or conflicts with their eventual solutions.
    Persuasive
    Narrative
    Expository
    Descriptive
    30s
  • Q7
    It is often equipped with facts and figures and it is usually in a logical order and sequence.
    Descriptive
    Narrative
    Expository
    Persuasive
    30s
  • Q8
    In this writing, the author uses as many of his five senses as possible. and answers the questions; What is missing? How does it change over a period of time? What did you discover after your observation?
    Expository
    Descriptive
    Persuasive
    Narrative
    30s

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