Types/Form of Writing 2.

Descriptive Writing – expresses ideas and

feelings about real or imagined people,
1. Narrative Writing - tells a story. A story told events, and ideas. It uses precise language
from one’s imagination is a fictional and sensory expressions.
narrative. A story about an actual events is a
non-fictional narrative. Forms:

Fictional Narratives – are the literary texts that tell a 1. Travel Essays – use sensory words to
story about imagined people, events, and ideas. describe.
2. Definition Essay – describe something
1. Fantasy stories – highly imaginative writing abstract.
that contains elements not found in real life.
2. Realistic Fiction – portrays invented
characters and events in everyday situations.
3. Expository Writing – intends to
3. Historical Fiction – is about imaginary
communicate ideas and information.
people living in real places and times of
history.
4. Mystery stories – presents unexplained or Forms:
strange events that characters try to solve.
5. Myths – fictional tales that explain the 1. Compare and Contrast Essay – explores
actions of gods and heroes or the origins of similarities a difference between 2 or more
the elements of nature. things for a specific purpose.
6. Legends – widely-told stories about the past 2. Cause and Effect Essay – results of an
one that may or may not have foundation in events or describes the reasons an events
fact. happened.
7. Tall tales – tells larger that life characters in 3. Classification Essay – presents a problem
real life setting. Act of strength and bravery. and then offers a solutions
4. Pro-Con Essay – examines arguments for
Non-fiction narratives – are any kind of literary text and against an idea or topic.
that tells a story about real people, events and ideas. 5. Newspaper and Magazines Articles – offer
information about news and events.
1. Personal Narratives – tell true stories about
6. Internet Articles – like a newspaper and
events in a persons life.
magazines articles. Includes more visual and
2. Biographical Narratives – accounts of a
may also reflect genres other than analytical
person’s life written by others/someone else.
essays.
3. Blogs – online journals that may include
7. Analytical Essay – explores a topic by
autobiographical narratives, reflections,
supplying relevant information in the form
opinions and other types of comments.
of facts.
4. Diary and Journal – highly personal
8. Demand Writing – essay questions that often
experience thoughts and feelings.
appear on school tests. Provides clear topics
5. Memoirs – accounts written by someday
about what should be addressed.
about meaningful scenes in his/her life and
experience.
6. Reflective essay – present personal
experiences that generally focus on sharing
observations and insights the writer had
while thinking about these experiences.
 Definition – explains a concept, term, or subjects.
4. Persuasive Writing – aims to convince the Its main purpose is to tell what something is.
reader .
Comparison and Contrast – comparison compare a
Forms: persons, things, events, situations, or ideas is to
show how they are alike. Contrast is to contrast
1. Editorials - state the opinion of the editors persons, things, places, events, situations or ideas to
and publishes of news organizations. show how they are different.
2. Opposite Editorial – tells to convince the
readers to argue with the writers views on an Classification – refers to sorting or arranging
issue. subjects into groups or categories according to their
3. Letters to the Editor - letter are sent to print common or shared characteristics.
and internet publications to express opinions
in response to previously published articles. Cause-and-Effect – a cause is simply “why
4. Reviews Evaluate – items and activities such something happens”, and an effect is “what
as books, movies, plays and music from the happens.”
writers POV. Persuasion – a persuasive paragraphs intends
5. Advertisement - paid announcement that try convince readers to do or believe in something.
to convince people.
6. Propaganda – uses emotional appeal and Problem-solution – problem in general is an
often misleading information to persuade unsatisfactory situation that causes troubles or
people. difficulties. Therefore, it needs a solution, a way to
7. Responses to Literature – analyze and deal with the situation so that the troubles or
interpret an author’s work. difficulties are removed.

Types of Claims Proofreading and Editing

Claim of Fact – asserts that something has existed, Cohesion and Coherence - Coherence means the
does exist, or will exist. connection of ideas at the idea level, and cohesion
means the connection of ideas at the sentence level.
Claim of Value – claiming whether something is
good or bad or the other thing is better than the Proofreading - the process of finding and correcting
other one. mistakes in text before it is printed or put online.

Claim of Policy – something that should or should Editing - the process of making changes to a text or
not be done. The key word are the verb should, film, deciding what will be removed and what will
must and ought. be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or
shown.
Pattern of Development
Editing provides an opportunity to make your
Narration – tells a story. It relates an incident or a writing better, while Proofreading is a final check
series of events that leads to a conclusion or ending. to ensure perfection before publication
It tells the readers when, where, and what happened.

Description – gives information of what a person,

an object, a place, or a situation is like. It appeals to
the reader’s senses; it make the reader see, hear,
taste, smell, or feel the subject.