Argumentative, Narrative, Expository Essays

This type of writing explains things.

• expository
• narrative
• argumentative/persuasive
• descriptive

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

• argumentative/persuasive
• narrative
• expository
• description

This type of writing tells a story.

• narrative
• argumentative/persuasive
• expository
• descriptive

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

• descriptive
• argumentative/persuasive
• narrative
• expository

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

You wake up one morning and are feeling blue. You write a poem about your glumness.

• narrative
• descriptive
• argumentative/persuasive
• expository

You have just finished writing the great American novel. What type of writing is it?

• argumentative/persuasive
• expository
• narrative
• descriptive

A news story about an earthquake in another country.

• expository
• argumentative/persuasive
• narrative
• descriptive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

You disagree with a newspaper article and write a letter to the editor saying your against it.

• descriptive
• expository
• argumentative/persuasive
• narrative

An autobiography about your interesting life.

• expository
• descriptive
• argumentative/persuasive
• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Journal describing the scenes, people, buildings, plants, animals, and everything you encounter

• Expository
• Narrative
• Argumentative/persuasive
• Descriptive

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10