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Title: Types of Writing
Description: This contains the most basic types of writing, its purposes, how it is used, and the parts of it. It has been summarized so that it will be easy for you to read and understand the lesson easily. This is for 7th-8th graders.

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Essay
Is a “short formal piece of writing…dealing with a single subject
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Parts of an essay
The introduction gives the reader an idea of what they are about to learn
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The conclusion summarizes the content
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Used for:
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Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution

Descriptive Writing
It asks the student to describe something or it describes the text well enough to depict a clear
picture or thought in the readers’ minds
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It can be fiction or nonfiction
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It aims to persuade the reader to agree with the author’s
viewpoint
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Consists of short sentences and paragraphs that get to the point of the article quickly
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● Precision
- Words should be used as it was intended by their original “dictionary” meaning
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● Fairness & Balance
- Both sides of a story are addressed and receive equal coverage
● Inverted Pyramid
- Journalistic writing is most often written in a format called the Inverted Pyramid,
which arranges the information in descending order of importance, or
newsworthiness
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News Report
- It informs the readers of the recent happenings both locally and abroad
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Opinion Article
- Reflects the journalist’s opinion on an issue
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Feature Article
- Provides scope, depth, and interpretation of trends, events, topics, or people
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Sport News
- Focuses on factual events about sports
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Organize your research
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Proofread your article and check your facts
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Title: Types of Writing
Description: This contains the most basic types of writing, its purposes, how it is used, and the parts of it. It has been summarized so that it will be easy for you to read and understand the lesson easily. This is for 7th-8th graders.