English - Writing Types Flashcards
Types of writing
Informative Writing, Journalistic Writing, Literary Writing
To inform or present information, to raise awareness and to do so objectively, to educate using resources that are reliable and scholarly
Informative Writing
To quickly inform, to entertain, to persuade
Journalistic Writing
To express, to entertain, to communicate or appeal to the emotions
Literary Writing
Introduction paragraph with thesis statement, body paragraph with support, conclusion with a unique and engaging restatement of thesis
Informative Writing
Organized by logic, category, and context
Informative Writing, Literary Writing
Type of Informative Writing
Factual recount
A retelling of a past true event
Factual recount
Types of factual recount
Procedural, diary
Inverted pyramid
Journalistic Writing
Structure of Journalistic Writing
Inverted pyramid
Essential and most interesting elements are placed in the beginning, supporting information follow in order of diminishing importance
Journalistic Writing
Types of Journalistic Writing
Print, broadcast, yellow
Parts of the Inverted Pyramid
The Lead, the Body, and the Tail
Structure varies
Literary Writing
