Writing Terms #1-20

a short nonfiction work that expresses a writer’s thoughts about a single subject

• short story
• essay
• poem
• novel

 a type of essay in which the purpose is to inform or explain

• expository essay
• narrative essay
• persuasive essay
• descriptive essay

a type of essay on a topic related to the life or interests of the writer

• biographical essay
• autobiographical essay
• narrative essay
• expository essay

a type of essay in which the purpose is to present an argument and convince the reader

• persuasive essay
• narrative essay
• descriptive essay
• expository essay

writing that is about real people, places, things, and events

• fiction
• fantasy
• nonfiction
• imaginary

a statement that can be proven

• fact

• fragment

• opinion

• run-on

a statement that tells an idea and would not be true all the time

• fragment

• Truth
• opinion

• Fact

the writer’s aim or goal

• to read

• an essay

• author's purpose

• Not mentioned

a group of words that makes a complete thought

• sentence
• phrase
• paragraph
• clause

a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic

• chapter
• word
• sentence
• paragraph