3 MODES OF WRITING

1. INFORMATIONAL Writing
1. Use for:
1. sharing knowledge
2. conveying messages, instructions, or ideas by making connections between the
familiar and unfamiliar
2. Thinking skills required:
1. ranges from recall to analysis and evaluation
3. Functions:
1. present information through reporting, explaining, directing, summarizing and
defining
2. organize and analyze information through explaining, comparing and relaying
cause/effect
3. evaluate information through judging, ranking or deciding

2. NARRATIVE Writing
1. Used for:
1. relating a series of events of an actual occurrence or proposed occurrence at a
particular time and in a particular place
2. Thinking skills required:
1. writers must closely observe, explore and reflect upon a wide range of experiences
3. Functions:
1. narrate or reminisce

3. PERSUASIVE Writing
1. Used for:
1. Moving the readers
1. to take an action
2. to form or change an opinion
2. Thinking skills required:
1. analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
2. writers must choose from a variety of situations and take a stand
3. Functions:
1. state and support a position, opinion, or issue
2. defend, refute, or argue