1. Types of Writing

2. Types of Writing Narrative Descriptive Expository
Persuasive/Argumentative

3. Narrative is storytelling - Doesn’t matter whether that story is fact or fiction.
Includes details that tell a beginning, middle and end
Shows the author’s thoughts and feelings
Elaborates on events
Can be 1st or 3rd person point of view

4. Narrative Example
This past weekend I had the time of my life. First, Friday night, I had my best friend over and we made a delicious, mouth-watering pizza. After we ate, we had a friendly video game competition. On Saturday, my dad took us out on the boat. The weather was perfect and the water was warm. It was a great day to go for a swim. Later that night, we went to the movies. We saw an action packed thriller and ate a lot of popcorn. Finally, on Sunday, we rode our bikes all over town. By the end of the day, my legs were very tired. I only hope that next weekend can be as fun as this one.

5. Argumentative – Express and opinion/tries to convince the reader
Ever try to convince anyone of your point of view?
If you try to influence an audience to do something, buy something, support something or someone or believe something, you need and argument. (Claim, position, viewpoint.)
If you do any convincing verbally, that would be Persuasive Speaking. If you were to write those same words down, that would be Argumentative Writing.

6. Argumentative Example
Fellow students, we have to take a closer look at recycling in our school because our environment is suffering. There are many things we can do that would make a difference for our environment. You can save 95% energy by recycling aluminum cans rather than making new cans from scratch. Recycling glass saves 35% of the energy used to make new glass. Americans today throw away enough aluminum every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. Less than 40% of Americans have curbside recycling programs. We have to change this! Recycling leads to a healthier and more energy efficient environment. We need to work on making recycling a part of our home and school communities. Please join the fight in convincing others to offer more recycling opportunities for our community.

7. Descriptive - Might be narrative or expository too.
Paints a picture in the readers’ minds, and that the writer uses colorful language to tell what a person, place, thing, or idea is like
“Shows” rather than tells
Description uses details attained from the five senses to give the reader a "word picture" of a setting, an object, a person, or whatever it is that is being described.

8. Descriptive Example
As Chad Reed pulled into the pits, you could tell just by looking at him that this had been a grueling race. His dirt bike was plastered with so much brown, wet, sticky mud that you couldn’t even read the number plates. His boots, resting comfortably on the foot pegs, were a mess of muddy brown dirt, bright white plastic and black buckles. His riding pants were soaked and covered with mud on the front, while the back remained a brilliant white and blue. His chest protector seemed to have kept most of the mud off of his blue and white jersey, although his sleeves had turned the same swampy brown color as his bike. His goggles hung looped over the handlebars of his bike, dripping the ooze it had saved from Chad’s eyes. His helmet, still on his head, was a greasy smeary brown, save for the thin line of white and blue where his goggle strap had been. Although his body looked beaten, his eyes, peering through the helmet, seemed relaxed and happy. He had just won a very long and very tiring race.
~© 2005 Kristian Anderson~

9. Expository
Explains an event, concept, or idea using facts and examples, definitions of terms
Has a major purpose presenting information about a specific subject/topic.
Tells what happened when (gives the facts) . . . Explains how to (gives directions) …Informs how to (makes idea clear)…
Most of the writing we do is expository. When we do EXPOSitory writing, we are EXPOSing the reader to specific information.

10. Expository Example
Going to college can be expensive. First, college tuition and room and board can cost anywhere from $2,000 to more than $10,000 per semester. Other expenses make going to college even more expensive. For example, books typically cost between $100 and $500 each term. Second, materials are also very expensive. Paper, notebooks, writing utensils, and other supplies required often cost more at the college bookstore than at any local discount department store. For instance, a package of notepaper costing $2 at a discount store might cost $5 at a college bookstore. Finally, there are all kinds of special fees added onto the bill at registration time. A college student might have to pay a $50 insurance fee, a $20 activity fee, a $15 fee to the student government association and anywhere from $500 to $100 for parking. There is another fee if a student decides to add or drop classes after registration. The fees required to attend college never seem to end.