Argumentative, Expository, and Narrative Writing

This type of writing explains things.

• expository

• narrative

• persuasive/argumentative

• descriptive

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

• Persuasive/ Argumentative

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Expository

This type of writing tells a story.

• Descriptive

• Argumentative/Persuasive

• Narrative

• Expository

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

• Expository

• Narrative

• Argumentative/Persuasive

• Descriptive

A genre of writing where the author states their claim and backs it with evidence

• Argument

• Persuasive

• Fiction

Match the following

• writing used to support an argument

• Narrative Writing

• writing used to inform about a topic

• Argumentative writing

• writing used to tell a good story

• Explanatory Writing

A genre of writing where the author states their claim and backs it with evidence

• Argument

• Persuasive

• Fiction

What is Argumentative Writing?

• the writer chooses a side of an argument and uses facts and reasons to back it up

• Tells information about a person, place or thing

• tells a story with characters

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?

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Persuasive/Argumentative

You have a big exam for world history on Friday. You realize you haven't done any of the reading assignments. You spend all night reading several chapters from the textbook. What kind of writing is in your textbook?

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Persuasive/Argumentative