Types of Writing
When you write to show a scene or image vividly for a reader, you're doing this type of writing.
What is descriptive writing?
The first sentence in a piece of expository or persuasive writing is always called this; it should lay out what your piece is about.
What is a topic sentence or thesis statement?
This is what it's called when a character is a different person from who they started the story as -- not literally, but figuratively.
What is character development?
In a crude form of social media, people sometimes write these to a newspaper where they can share their opinion on news stories or current events.
What is a letter to the editor?
This implement, usually made of plastic, houses a cartridge inside a barrel - but it's not a firearm.
What is a pen?
When you write to try to convince a reader of your viewpoint, you are doing this type of writing.
What is persuasive writing?
Sometimes, when ending a paragraph, you will use this type of sentence to help lead into the next paragraph.
What is a transition sentence?
It's considered the apex of a piece of fiction; the most intense sequence where the plot comes to a head.
What is the climax?
Newspapers usually refrain from including their opinions in pieces that they run -- except for these pieces, which are all opinion-based.
What are editorials?
This is long, thin stems of graphite encased in plastic or metal which can be extended or retracted.
What is a mechanical pencil?
When you are writing to inform your reader of facts, you're doing this type of writing.
What is expository writing?
These are always found at the end of a piece of expository or persuasive piece of writing; they help sum up all of your major ideas so your reader can remember them when they finish.
What is a conclusion?
This word refers to the flow of a story: does it go too fast, too slowly, or just right?
What is pacing?
It's what Buddhist monks spend a lot of time doing.
What is meditating?
Programs like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Notepad, and Scrivener are examples of these.
What are word processors?
When you're writing to tell a story, you're doing this type of writing.
What is narrative writing?
It's the Latin-based term for a collection of sources you've cited in order to make your piece of writing.
What is a bibliography?
Named for a type of fish, these plot devices are when a writer foreshadows something that turns out to be a distraction from what's really happening.
What is a red herring?
If a crime is considered to be this, it's usually punished more severely, because it was intentional.
What is premeditated?
This invention, dating to the Middle Ages, was used to produce many copies of the same work of writing very quickly, usually using movable blocks for letters.
What is a printing press?
If you were writing a manual for an appliance, you would be doing this type of writing.
What is technical writing?
These teeny-tiny numbers are attached to a sentence; they also carry the title of the work that a piece of information came from.
What is a footnote?
This is a Latin phrase sometimes found as a section at the start of a play or book; it roughly translates to "cast of characters."
What is dramatis personae?
This crime is usually equivalent to treason, and it's when someone organizes insurrection against the government.
What is sedition?
This implement uses levers which press a ribbon of ink onto paper to stamp letters; when it reaches the end of a line, it usually must be manually reset.
What is a typewriter?