1. Expository writing
  2. Descriptive Writing
  3. Narrative writing
  4. Argumentive writing
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Option 1 : Expository writing

The process of writing is generally a way to put abstract thoughts, ideas, and concepts into words, and to bring imagination into reality with the help of proper words of a particular language.

Expository Writing:

  • Expository writing is the most frequently used type of writing style. It is used to define, explain and illuminate an issue, subject and idea. It is direct and factual.
  • It does not use descriptive language nor does it express the author’s opinion on the subject. The extent of detailing often depends upon the purpose and the reader. 
  • Expository writing starts by naming an object, place, concept, or process. If the term is not in common use, then it is defined. The definition will contain the term, the class to which it belongs, its distinctive feature(s), and function(s).
  • Expository writing surrounds us in our daily life: when we read a newspaper or a magazine article that informs and explains about a particular subject.
  • In schools and colleges, the students read textbooks, write research papers and bibliographies for assessment. Then, at the workplace, people are asked to write memos and reports about the business deals, transactions, and other occurrences in their organization. All these are examples of expository writing.

From the above points, we can conclude that Expository is a subject-oriented writing style which seeks to explain and illuminate an issue, subject and idea.

  • Descriptive Writing: Description also involves narration, but of a different kind. It is a kind of picture making, indicating what someone, something, or someplace, etc. looks like. All descriptions involve spatial dimensions. Any description would involve one of the two possibilities: either the description would proceed from a particular to the general or, from the general to the particular.
  • Narrative Writing: Narration depends chiefly on temporal order, i.e., upon actions in chronological order at the level of time. The chronological order involves the sequencing of events or actions from beginning to end. A skilled narrator is able to arrange the details in such a way so that a reader’s interest rises to a climax at some point in the narration.
  • Argumentative Writing: In argumentative discourse, the writer argues a case, or expresses an opinion, by looking at a problem from both the sides. Any structure representing argumentation must take into account the pro-and-con nature of the argument. Argumentation can be done in three different ways.
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