The author wrote for his or her reader's enjoyment. Examples are comedies, mysteries, and dramas.
What is entertain?
100
This type of writing tells a story; it it often fiction, but may also be non-fiction.This type of writing has a plot.
What is narrative writing?
100
This is a place for finding the definitions and pronunciations of words in a particular book; it's like a short dictionary, located at the back of the book.
What is a glossary?
100
These sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events.
What is a primary source?
100
This text structure lists a problem, and offers a way to solve the problem.
What is problem/solution?
200
The purpose is to convince the reader of something; to talk the reader into believing something, doing something, or feeling a certain way.
What is persuade?
200
This type of writing tells what someone or something is like - it gives specific detail about the topic. This type of writing does not have a plot.
What is descriptive writing?
200
This is located in the back of a book; it is an alphatetical listing of topics in the book, and the pages on which information about the topics is found.
What is an index?
200
These sources are intended to analyze an event. They often use several different primary sources to get their information.
What are secondary sources?
200
This text lists reasons that things happen.
What is cause/effect?
300
The author's purpose is to give instructions or directions; to tell how to do something or to tell details about something.
What is describe
300
This is a type of non-fiction with the purpose of explaining or illustrating something. Your science and social studies textbooks are great examples of this type of writing.
What is expository writing?
300
This is the place to look for a listing of synonyms and antonyms of a word.
What is a thesaurus?
300
A newspaper reporter who interviews the witness to a crime.
What is secondary source?
300
This text is organized in sequence, or "time order". Events are mentioned in the order in which they occurred.
What is chronological order?
400
The author's purpose is to give facts about a topic. A textbook has this purpose; a biography may also have this purpose, because it gives you facts about a person's life.
What is inform
400
This type of writing tries to convince the reader to do something; advertisements are this type of writing.
What is persuasive writing?
400
This is a daily or weekly publication of articles; the information found here will be current.
What is a newspaper?
400
The witness to an event
What is primary source
400
This text structure tells how two or more topics are alike, and how they are different.
What is compare/contrast?
500
The author's purpose is to his or her feelings or opinions about something. One example of this is a newspaper editorial. Poetry is often used for this purpose.
What is express?
500
This type of writing is "how-to". Examples could be the instructions that come with a game, a set of blueprints, a recipe, etc.
What is technical writing?
500
This is a periodical, similar to a magazine, but containing only articles written by experts - and all about one topic. For example, you may find these about education, medicine, and many other fields.
What is a journal?
500
Benjamin Franklin's diary would be considered this.
What is a primary source?
500
This text structure is lists both the good things and the bad things about a decision, topic, etc.