What do you write?

Why do you write?

What is your writing process?

What are the joys of writing?

What are the pains of writing?

Objective
Personal
impersonal
Informal
formal
Colloquial expressions
Contractions
full forms
Technical terms

Descriptive

Narrative

Argumentative

Expository

Based on perception in time. Its

purpose is to entertain, to gain
and hold a readers' interest, also
to teach or inform.
Based on perception in space. Its
purpose is to create a vivid
impression of a person, place,
object or event.
It aims at explanation, i.e. the
cognitive analysis and subsequent
syntheses of complex facts.
Based on the evaluation and
subjective judgement in answer to
a problem. It refers to the reasons
given for or against a matter.

Categories of written texts that

have recognizable patterns, syntax,
techniques, and/or conventions.
Thompson writing program. Duke University.
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Academic e-mails
Essays
Book reviews
Performance reviews
Film reviews
Reports
Dissertations & theses
Oral presentations
Summaries

patterns,
syntax,
techniques,
conventions

Subject

Purpose

Audience

Occasion or
situation

(what you intend

with your writing)
(external
motivation)

Who (says) What (to) Whom (in) What

Channel (with) What Effect

Harold Dwight Lasswell

What do you write?

Why do you write?

What is your writing process?

What are the joys of writing?

What are the pains of writing?

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