The Writing Process
What are the 4 writing types that our "Writing Process" unit focuses on?
Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, Business / Professional
True or false: all stories are told in chronlogical order
False - although linear narrative styles may have traditionally been used most frequently, non-linear story telling is also a great way to engage readers and refresh a tired writing formula
True or false: all narrative are told with words
False - linguistic expression represents only one of 5 types of multimodal expression types available to writers in the digital world
Plays and fairy tales are examples of what type of writing?
Narrative writing
What is the name of characters who populate the world of the story but do not necessarily link to the main plot?
Tertiary characters
What was the name of the short digital story we watched as group?
"I'm an Introvert"
The purpose of this type of writing is to explain / describe / instruct
Expository writing
_____ refers to the overall feeling expressed by an author in a text, while ______ refers to the emotions evoked in readers
Tone, mood
Can research take the form of a story?
Yes - with the endless possibilities presented to us with digitial tech, it is possible to transform a business product such as a research report into something so much more than a seleciton of charts and graphs
Writing a letter to your city councillor would be an example of which type(s) of writing?
Business / professional mainly applies here, but consider that depending on the reason for your letter, it may also incude persuasive / expository / narrative writing elements
True or fasle: All plots include the following thread of events: introduction, conflict, climax, conclusion
True
According to Ashely Fell's TED Talk on the power of digital story telling, the 4 I's of great story telling include...
Stories that... Interest, Instruct, Involve, Inspire
Which type of writing is used in the context of advertising?
Name three of the reasons humans tell stories that we discussed in class
•Make sense of the world around us
•Create an emotional connection to a message
•Understand information and each other
•Make a message / idea memorable and fun
•Learn a lesson on paper instead of real life
What should be YOUR primary concern when conceiving of what and how YOU will write something?
Audience - remember: almost all writing is done for someone else
Who is it written for?
Who would it interest?
What is important to them? What isn’t?
What will they need to get the point?
What mode of expression will be best suited to get my work noticed and “read”?