Purposes of Writing
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- Q1This 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).NarrativeDescriptiveExpositoryPersuasive20s
- Q2The 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.NarrativeDescriptiveExpositoryPersuasive20s
- Q3This 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.PersuasiveNarrativeDescriptiveExpository20s
- Q4This writing have a beginning, a middle, and an end. This can be based on personal experience or that of someone else.NarrativePersuasiveDescriptiveExpository20s
- Q5It 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.ExpositoryNarrativePersuasiveDescriptive20s
- Q6This writing often has characters, dialogues, situations like actions, motivational events, and disputes or conflicts with their eventual solutions.PersuasiveNarrativeExpositoryDescriptive30s
- Q7It is often equipped with facts and figures and it is usually in a logical order and sequence.DescriptiveNarrativeExpositoryPersuasive30s
- Q8In 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?ExpositoryDescriptivePersuasiveNarrative30s