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Writing Styles

Subject Index - Language Arts




 
 

 Narrative Writing tells a personal or fictional experience or tells a story based on a real or imagined event.
Expository writing is writing that is designed to convey information or explain what is difficult to understand.
Persuasive writing attempts to convince the reader to accept a particular point of view or to take a specific action.
Topic Sentence
or
Paragraph 
H I
H feelings
H focus
Detail Sentences
or
Paragraphs in Sequence
Ending Sentence
or
Paragraph
H restates the topic
 Topic Sentence
or
Paragraph 
H no "I"
H no feelings
H focus
Detail Sentences
or
Paragraphs
H facts
Ending Sentence
or
Paragraph
H restates the topic
 Topic Sentence
or
Paragraph  
H states an opinion
H focus
Detail Sentences
or
Paragraphs
H facts to support
H strongest statement first
Ending Sentence
or
Paragraph
H restates the topic