Types of writing
What is Narrative writing ?
Narrative writing is a style that allows the writer to tell a story.
What is descriptive grammar ?
descriptive grammar is an approach to studying and describing language that focuses on how it's actually used by native speakers, rather than dictating how it should be used.
What is first person ?
First-person narrative refers to a storytelling approach where the narrator uses pronouns like "I", "me", "my", "mine," or "we" to tell a story from their own perspective and experiences.
What is a simile ?
Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
What is the main idea of the story "Hello, My Name is"?
The main idea of the story "Hello, My Name is" is about Jason Kim and how he is an Asian American and how he moved from his home in South Korea to change his life around in America.
What is Informational writing ?
Informational writing is a type of nonfiction that aims to inform the reader about a specific topic or subject.
What is prescriptive grammar ?
Prescriptive grammar is a set of rules and norms that dictate how a language should be used.
What is second person ?
Second-person narration is a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.
What is a metaphor ?
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is the main idea of the story "Family Over Everything" ?
The main idea of the story "Family Over Everything" is about Yamile Saied Méndez and how she was born in Argentina but she has spent most of her life in Utah , and how she prepares to leave Argentina and attend college in the United States.
What is persuasive writing ?
Persuasive writing is a form of writing where the writer attempts to convince or persuade the audience to adopt a particular point of view.
What is reference grammar ?
A reference grammar is a prose-like description of the major grammatical constructions in a language, illustrated with examples.
What is third person ?
Third person pronouns include "she," "he," and "they." When a story is told in the third person, it takes the viewpoint of the people being described.
What is a onomatopeia ?
A onomatopeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is the main idea of the story "Inside out" ?
The main idea of the story "Inside out" is about Francisco Jiménez and how he is a Mexican American writer and professor in Santa Clara, California , and His stories are influenced by his experiences working in a migrant labor camp as a child.
What is descriptive writing ?
Descriptive writing is writing in which the author's intent is to create a vivid image of what he/she is describing in the mind of the reader.
What is generative grammar ?
Generative grammar is a theory of linguistics that provides a set of rules and principles to generate the structure of sentences in a particular language.
What is third-person limited ?
Third-person limited perspective in writing restricts the narrator's knowledge to the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions of a single character, even though the story is told in the third person.
What is an idiom ?
An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal definitions of its words.
What is the main idea of the story "Tiny Plastic, Big Problem" ?
The main idea of the story "Tiny Plastic , Big Problem" is about Alison Pearce Stevens and how she is a writer for many publications including Science News for Students , and She is a self-proclaimed former beekeeper and forever science geek who specializes in writing about science and nature for kids.
What is expository writing ?
Expository writing is a type of writing that aims to inform, explain, or describe a topic using facts and evidence.
What is comparative grammar ?
Comparative grammar is the branch of linguistics primarily concerned with the analysis and comparison of the grammatical structures of related languages or dialects.
What is third-person objective ?
Third-person objective narration describes events in a story from a detached, unbiased point of view, like a fly on the wall.
What is personification ?
Personification is a figure of speech that is used to attribute human characteristics to something that is not human.
What is the main idea of the story "Home" ?
The main idea of the story "Home" is about Hena Khan and how she is an award winning author of children’s fiction , and her novel Amina’s Voice was named a Best Book of 2017 and its sequel Amina’s Song the 2021 Asian/Pacific Award for Children’s Literature.