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TYPES OF WRITING

• Narrative: it is an account of an incident or a series of incidents that make up a complete and significant action. Each narrative has five properties: situation, conflict, struggle, outcome, and meaning.

• Descriptive: the use of words to represent the appearance or nature of something. There are two types of description: objective and subjective.

• Exemplification: using examples to explain, convince, or amuse. it is one of the most effective and common ways of developing ideas.

• Process Analysis: it is useful to explain how to do something or how something was done. There are two types: directive and informative.

• Cause and Effect: you will probably concentrate on either causes or effects although you can mention both of them.

• Compare- Contrast: it is a method of showing similarities and dissimilarities between subjects. Comparison is concerned with organizing and developing points of similarity. Contrast has the same function for dissimilarity.

• Argumentative: it tries to influence people to think in a certain way or to do something. Argument is persuasion on a topic about which reasonable people disagree. It involves controversy.

Brandon, L. & Brandon, K. (2001). Sentences, Paragraphs, and Beyond. Houghton Mifflin. Boston.