Purposes of Writing Infographic

Click on each purpose to view the techniques

Writing to Persuade

Writing to Argue

Writing to Advise

Writing to Explain

Writing to Inform

Imaginative writing

P/A/F/T

Purposes of writing and techniques

Purpose - this will inform you which language techniques you need to include Audience - knowing this will determine what level of vocabulary you will use. Form - this is important to help you understand what layout you will use to organise your writing Tone - how formal/informal will your writing be? Will it have a humourous/serious tone?

P/A/F/T

Narrative writing tells a story or part of a story. Descriptive writing vividly portrays a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualise the topic and enter into the writer's experience.

Imaginative Writing

Descriptive techniques: • Similes • Metaphors • Personification • Pathetic fallacy • Sensory language • Onomatopoeia

Writing to Infrom

• 5 Ws (who/what/where/when/why) • Facts and statistics • Clear, polite imperative language

Writing to Explain

• Explain how/why
• Provide reasons
• Adverbials of time
• Opinions

Writing to Advise

• Opinions • Facts and examples • Stay focused on the problem • Friendly and sympathetic • Modal verbs • Imperative verbs

Writing to Persuade

• DAFORREST
• Imperative verbs
• Use of an authority figure
• Powerful adjectives
• Anecdotes
• Opinion as fact
• Shock tactics

Writing to Argue

• DAFORREST • Anecdotes • Contrasts – 2 opposing views • Imagery • Quotations • Stronger and more forceful language than when persuading