1. Advertisement

2. Analogy

3. Argument

4. Biographical Sketch

5. Book Report

6. Cause and Effect

7. Classification

8. Compare

9. Contrast

10. Convince

11. Definition

12. Describing (Creative/Imaginative)

13. Describing (Practical/Technical)

14. Different Point of View

15. Directions, How-To, and Instructions

16. Entertaining

17. Essay and Report

18. Explaining

19. First, Second, and Third Person

20. Interviews

21. Journals, Learning Logs, and Freewriting

22. Letters

23. Listing and Enumerating

24. Memos and E-Mails

25. Narrative/Story

26. Newswriting (News Articles/Editorials)

27. Opinion and Critique

28. Paraphrasing

29. Personal Narrative

30. Persuading

31. Poetry (Writing and Analyzing)

32. Problem and Solution

33. Research Paper and Report

34. Response to Literature

35. Retelling

36. Review

37. Sequencing Events

38. Skit Writing

39. Speech

40. Summary