Writing Styles

What type of writing style focuses on creating a vivid picture of a person, place, object, or event?

• Expository writing

• Persuasive writing

• Narrative writing

• Descriptive writing

Which type of writing style is used to explain, inform, or describe a topic in a straightforward and logical manner?

• Narrative writing

• Persuasive writing

• Descriptive writing

• Expository writing

What type of writing style often uses sensory details and figurative language to create a clear and vivid picture for the reader?

• Narrative writing

• Descriptive writing

• Persuasive writing

• Expository writing

Which type of writing style often includes dialogue and a sequence of events to engage the reader?

• Expository

• Persuasive

• Narrative

• Descriptive

Match the following

• Story, or series of things that happened

• Description

• Information, Fact only (No opinion)

• Narrative

• Opinion

• Expository

• Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, etc.

• Argumentative

Match the following

• Uses detailed language to create a picture for the reader

• Descriptive

• Attempts to convince or persuade the audience

• Persuasive

• Provides information or explains a topic

• Expository (Informative)

• Tells a story or sequence of events

• Narrative

Match the following:

• fictional story of an event in history with historical facts, events, or people

• Historical Fiction

• a story written to be performed by actors; a play

• Procedural

• writing used to convince the reader of the writer's opinion

• Persuasive

• the story of a person's life written by that person in 1st person POV

• Autobiography

• writing that tells you how to do something

• Drama

What type of writing style may use emotional language and strong arguments to persuade the reader?

• persuasive writing

• narrative writing

• descriptive writing

• expository writing

Which type of writing style is commonly used in textbooks, news articles, and essays to provide information and explain a topic?

• descriptive writing

• persuasive writing

• narrative writing

• expository writing

Which type of writing style may include facts, statistics, and expert opinions to support the author's viewpoint?

• narrative writing

• persuasive writing

• descriptive writing

• expository writing