FORMS
A written communication from one person to another.
Presents facts, discusses ideas, or explains a process.
Nonfiction writing
Presents details in order, from first to last.
Chronological or Sequence
Writing about real people, places, ideas and experiences.
Nonfiction
Reports, explanations, opinions, or descriptions written for television, internet,radio, newspaper, and magazine
Media accounts
A story that is made up and not real.
Fiction writing
Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different.
Comparison-and-contrast
Essays and articles that present information clearly and logically has _______
Organization
A daily or periodic account of events and the writer's thoughts or feelings about those events
Journal
It is meant to convince the reader to adopt a particular point of view or to take a particular course of action.
Persuasive writing
Shows the relationship among events.
Cause-and-effect
A medium-sized prose discussion of a topic that sometimes tells you as much about the writer as it does about the topic.
Essay
A story of the writer's own life, told by the writer
Autobiography
This writing is a make believe story based on history
Historical Fiction
Identifies a dilemma and then proposes an answer.
Problem-solution
The information presented in essays and articles is related to the author's reason for writing.
Purpose