Types of Writing

Narrative à telling a story

-          1^st person – main character

-          2^nd person – in the story

-          3^rd person – outside of the story

Descriptive à details described

Graphic, explanatory, adjectives, metaphors

Expository à Newspaper, details facts

-          Who, what, when, where, how and why?

-          Academic sequencing 

Persuasive à Convince them of something prove a point

-          Thesis (prove a point)

-          Structured paragraph

-          Examples + evidence

-          Documentation – research and citation which should refer to thesis