Types of Writing Styles

1. This type of writing explains things.

• exposition

• narrative

• argumentation

• description

• Compare and Contrast

This type of writing tries to persuade the reader to think about something in a new way or to take a certain action.

• argumentation

• narrative

• exposition

• description

This type of writing tells a story.

• Compare and Contrast

• argumentation

• narrative

• exposition

• description

This type of writing uses the five senses to give specific details to the reader.

• narrative

• description

• argumentation

• exposition

• Compare and Contrast

You have written an article on "How To Find the Best Deals While Shopping Online." What type of writing is it?

• narrative

• description

• argumentation

• exposition

. You read a news story on the front page of the paper about an earthquake in another country. It gives the facts about where, when, who, what and how. What type of writing is it?

• narrative

• exposition

• compare and contrast

• argumentation

You read an article in the paper about some questionable practices at the company for which you work. You disagree with the article and write a letter to the editor of the paper with your opposing viewpoint. What type of writing is it?

• narrative

• exposition

• argumentation

• description

You have lived an interesting life so far, so you write your autobiography. What type of writing is it?

• Narrative

• Compare and Contrast

• argumentation

• exposition

You go on a hiking trip across Europe. Throughout your journey, you keep a journal in which you describe the scenes, people, buildings, plants, animals and everything else you encounter. What type of writing is it?

• exposition

• description

• argumentation

• narrative

You have just been hired as the restaurant critic for your local newspaper. For your first assignment, you visit a new restaurant and discover what you consider to be the best seafood in the area. You write a critique telling the readers to check out this new restaurant. What type of writing is it?

• Compare and Contrast

• Narrative

• Exposition

• Descriptive

• argumentation