Y3 Types of writing

Question 1

Is it true that all forms of writing and speech are persuasive?

Answer 1

Yes, examples of writing like narrative, recount, descriptive, personal exposition, discursive, argumentative and speech have persuasion. It only differs by the degree of persuasion

Question 2

What is the main purpose of personal exposition?

Answer 2

Main purpose: reflects your views, ideas, opinions on a topic based on your personal experiences (supporting evidence)

Question 3

What is an example of personal exposition?

Answer 3

When I was in Primary school …

Important: you cannot write this way for discursive

Question 4

What is discursive?

Answer 4

Discursive/discussion contains
- real life evidence or other’s experiences
- not anecdotal (don’t rely on anecdotal)
- facts information as support
- no recount
- to convince others
- multiple perspective (multiple POVs)

Question 5

What is argumentative/ argumentation?

Answer 5

• convince
• persuasion
• take a clear stand (clear side you are taking either are or disagree)

Question 6

What is the difference between stand and stance?

Answer 6

Stand is clear side you are taking (either you agree or disagree—> this is for argumentative writing)

While stance refers to you leaning towards one side (this is for discursive writing )

Question 7

How should you annotate a text?

Answer 7

Annotate the
- key ideas (topic sentence) —> paraphrase—> make inferences—> interpretation (opinions) —> example: evidence data
- plot development
- character development
Link —> find out the purpose

Question 8

What is PACC and what should you take note of?

Answer 8

Purpose
Audience—> don’t just say what age it is for but elaborate more on the profile too for e.g. secondary school students in school their likes and dislikes
Context (it is quite linked to culture. It might be culturally different but have the same context ) Context also refers to setting for e.g. the classroom
Culture (relevant to context. For e,g. How would the culture be different in the setting of a classroom in Singapore as compared to Japan? This means that it also involves you making generalisations.

Question 9

What is the differences between generalisations and stereotyping?

Answer 9

Generalisations
- real-life evidence or other’s
- based on observations/trend, agreed by a large group of people
- generalisations may not be the most accurate or the “best”

Stereotype
- focuses more on the negative aspect/traits
- malicious intent
- based on myths, rumours