FORMS
TYPES OF WRITING
TEXT STRUCTURE
cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, sequence
TERMS
WHAT TYPE OF WRITING?
100
A written communication from one person to another.
What are letters?
100

Presents facts, discusses ideas, or explains a process.

What is Nonfiction writing?

100

Presents details in order, from first to last.

What is Chronological or Sequence?

100
Writing about real people, places, ideas and experiences.
What is Nonfiction?
100
"I Am a Native of North America"
What is a reflective essay?
200
A daily or periodic account of events and the writer's thoughts or feelings about those events
What is a journal?
200

Is meant to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view or to take a particular course of action.

What is Persuasive writing?

200
Shows the relationship among events.
What is Cause-and-effect organization?
200
Short nonfiction works about a particular subject.
What are essays and articles?
200
"Life without Gravity"
What is an Expository Essay?
300
Writer tells the life story of another person
What is a biography?
300

A story that is made up and not real.

What is Fiction writing?

300
Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different.
What is Comparison-and-contrast organization?
300
Well-written essays and articles that present information clearly and logically.
What is Organization?
300
from "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" In this essay, Alice Walker shares her memories of her mother.
What is reflective autobiography?
400
A story of the writer's own life, told by the writer
What is an autobiography?
400

This writing gives is a made up story, but COULD actually happen.

What is Realistic Fiction?

400
Identifies a problem and then proposes a solution.
What is Problem-and-solution organization?
400
The information presented in essays and articles is related to the author's reason for writing.
What is Author's Purpose?
400

"How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America"

What is an Expository/Nonfiction essay?

500
Reports, explanations, opinions, or descriptions written for television, internet,radio, newspaper, and magazine
What are media accounts?
500

This writing is a true story written about the author.

What is an Autobiography?

500

This paragraph grabs the reader's attention and introduces the topic.

What is the introduction?

500
A medium-sized prose discussion of a topic that sometimes tells you as much about the writer as it does about the topic.
What is an essay?
500
"Yao Ming: NBA Giant is Big In U.S., Bigger in China" by Brian Handwerk
What is a biography?
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