WRITING SKILLS CHARACERISTICS OF ESSAYS Characteristics of Descriptive Essays © Descriptive essays are usually written in academie, seientific, literary and journalistic . writing. The description can be objective or subjective, depending on the context and Purpose. © _In writing a description, students need to be careful with the use of adjectives while describing people, animals, objects or places. At intermediate and advanced levels, students can be encouraged to use comparisons, similes and metaphors, especially in literary writing. Activity 4 D> Students can be asked to write about a topic by recalling the object from memory or by using a picture as a stimulus. For creative writing, students can write about an imaginary person, animal, object or place. Characteristics of Narrative Essays © Narrative essays are usually written in autobiographical, literary and journalistic writing. The description can be objective or subjective, depending on the context and Purpose. © "In writing a narrative, students need to be careful with the use of verbs and adverbs while narrating action and adjectives while describing people, animals, objects or places involved in the event. At intermediate and advanced levels, students can be encouraged to use dialogues in the narrative. ‘© The narrative can be written in the first person or third person point of view, and can be personal narratives (autobiographical) or fictional. Characteristics of Expository Essays (Comparison and contrast) © Expository essays are usually written in academie, scientific and journalistic writing. ‘An essay based on comparison and contrast can be objective or subjective, depending ‘on the context and purpose. : © Students need to provide relevant areas and details while comparing and contrasting people, animals, objects, ideas or places, There can be two structure of an essay for comparison and contrast: (@ First describing one object and then the second one and so on (b) Deseribing and comparing all objects point-by-point © The use of appropriate transitional devices (for example, on one hand, on the other hand, eee hile, whereas, as compared to, in comparison, et.) and comparative and superlative ijectives. Scanned with CamScannerScanned with CamScannerea ui WRITING ESSAYS: a WRITING SKILLS ED was insane. SI : : ‘want to see eon wrote crazy poetry, She didn't follow rules. She lived in solitude. Didn't Investigate Talk to classmates, friends, and teachers about the topic. What do they think about it? “The responses that you get from these people will give you a preview of how they would respond to your opinion in your paper. Talking out your ideas, and testing your opinions, ives you more ofa clue of what you have to say to persuade them to your point of view. Read ‘Learn as much as you ean about the topic. Read biographical information abovt the author, if you are writing about a book. Also, read critical material (essays, summaries, etc.) ‘You can find lots of eritical and biographical material online and in your library. Think . Itmay seem obvious, but you really have to think about how you are going to persuade your audience. Don't insult your readers. Use calm, reasoning tone, Rely on logic (spelling _ your argument out for your readers). Don't rely o wn emotion. Explain to your reader why, despite the other side of the argument, your viewpoint is the "right", most logical one. Organize In any paper that you write you should make anu that youre supporting ideas are clear, conse, and to-the point. in persuasive writing, ‘ough, itis especially important tat you use specific examples to illustrate your main pints, ‘your reader the impression that you are not educated onthe issues related to your your words carefully. sure that your points are well-organizedScanned with CamScanner