Directed Writing Quiz

What are the main characteristics of descriptive writing?

• An essay describing an event or a series of events

• An essay where you tell and not show

• An essay where you extensively describe something using the five senses surrounding you.

• An essay where you build up characters and a long, sometimes twisted, storyline where events lead to a climax.

What are the main characteristics of narrative writing?

• A form of writing where you develop a set of characters that develop through a series of events

• A way of writing using only using formal writing (e.g. professional report, formal essay, formal letter etc.)

• A form of writing where you describe your surroundings using the five senses

What are the different report styles?

• Professional and musical

• Personal and subject

• Media and personal

• News and professional

What are the characteristics of professional report writing?

• To explain a series of events

• To inform about and/or subjectify an opinion

• To inform and persuade, as well as initiating change

What are the characteristics of a news report?

• To persuade someone using informal writing

• To convey a message using opinions and value judgements

• To cover a topic, in an unbias way, by using fact and figures

What are the characteristics of a speech?

• To convey a message using persuasive techniques towards a directed audience

• To convey a message using fact and figure, without persuasion, to any group of people

• To verbally describe an event using opinion rather than fact

• To convey a message only by in real life vocal communication

What do you include in the opening paragraph of a professional report?

Identify the style of writing:

• A letter

• A news paper report

• A speech

• An essay

Identify the style of writing:

• An essay

• A short story

• A letter

• Descriptive writing

Identify the style of writing:

• A news letter

• An essay

• A personal report

• A professional report