PACT Essential Academic Skills: Tests 701, 702, 703 Graded A

Descriptive writing Writing used to create detailed descriptions of people, places, and things, and/or mood and atmosphere. Can stand alone or be part of a narrative Sensory details descriptions of sight, sound, touch, smell, taste transition words words that create a sense of time and organize events in the story narrative writing writing that tells a story or describes a specific person, place, or thing. Persuasive/argumentative writing writing that seeks to convince the reader ot believe the writer's opinion on a topic Examples of narrative/descriptive writing short stories, vignettes, letters, memoirs, and poems Examples of Persuasive/argumentative writing advertisements, commercials, speeches, newspaper editorials, debates Expository/Informative writing