Modes of Writing
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Styles of Writing
Each genre has a specific purpose or
goal.
Four Styles of Writing
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
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?