Transcript Modes of Writing

Styles of Writing
Each genre has a specific purpose or
goal.
Four Styles of Writing
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Narrative
Descriptive
Expository
Persuasive
Narrative Writing
 Describes an experience, event, or
sequence of events in the form of a
story.
 Uses characters, dialogue
 Has a plot with a climax and
resolution
 Beginning
 Middle
 End
Descriptive Writing
 Describes in great detail
 Uses the five senses
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Taste
Smell
Touch
Sight
Hearing
Expository Writing
 Explains something to the reader
 May include directions or “how to”
information
 May explain why or how something
was done
 History books and science books and
math books contain expository
writing
Persuasive Writing
 Expresses a writer’s opinion
 Persuades the reader to do or believe
something.
 Commercials are persuasive writing
 Politicians’ speeches are persuasive.
 Letters to government officials or
businesses may be persuasive writing
Prompts
 Identify the style of writing with each
the following prompts…
What kinds of things do you do to relax?
Identify your favorite way to relax, and
explain why its your favorite.
Bees make honey in their hive. Many
bees spend their entire lifetime doing
nothing but helping to make honey.
Write a story about meeting a bee
that hates honey.
You love the way your neighborhood
looks when it’s decorated with
Christmas lights. Compose a letter to
your neighbors to convince them to
keep their lights up all year.
Describe a home that would be an
appropriate place for a clown to live.
Quick Check Quiz
Write your answers to the following question on a sheet of paper.
 1. List the four styles of writing.
 2. Give an example of persuasive
writing.
 3.In what type of text might
expository writing appear?
 4. In which style of writing would one
use the five senses?
 5. In which style of writing would one
use characters and dialogue?