Session Seven Writing
Session Seven Writing
Session Seven Writing
WRITING
Lecture Outline
7.1. Introduction
7.5. Summary
7.1. Introduction
There are many types (or modes) of writing such as descriptive writing, persuasive
writing, informative writing, narrative writing, and creative or fiction writing.
Many students are familiar with the basic writing assignments such as book
reports, social studies reports, short stories, and essays on topics such as: "How I
spent my holidays". But these writing assignments should be thought of as
applications of basic writing modes. For instance, a book report is usually a type
of descriptive writing, and an essay on might include both informative and
perhaps persuasive writing.
Knowing how to write a letter is a fundamental skill you will use in business, school,
and personal relationships to communicate information, goodwill, or just affection.
This lecture will expose you into letter and Curriculum Vitae writing process so that
you can produce them in the correct format. Despite the prevalence of emails and text
messages, everyone has to write letters at some point. Letters of complaint, job
applications, thank you letters, letters requesting changes or making suggestion. You
might have been exposed into various types of letter however, types of letters can be
defined into two categories; formal and informal letters.
Take Note
Style in letters
Take Note
Friendly letters begin with Dear + first name and end with Yours+
first name
Semi formal letters can begin with Dear Mr/Mrs + surname and
end Yours + full name
The document tends to be organized chronologically and should make it easy to get
an overview of an individual’s full working career. A CV is static and doesn’t change
for different positions; the difference would be in the cover letter. The document tends
to be organized chronologically and should make it easy to get an overview of an
individual’s full working career.
7.5 Summary
This obviously is the first step of the letter writing process. You must
be able to identify the type of letter you are to be writing. This will be
dictated by the person the letter is addressed to and the information
that will be conveyed through the letter. Suppose you were writing
to the principal of your college to ask for leave, this would be a formal
letter (Types of formal letters with samples). But say you were writing
to your old college professor catching up after a long time. Then this
would be a personal (informal) letter.
Even when closing the letter, it must be kept in mind what type of
letter is being written. Formal letters end respectfully and
Once you start writing, make sure to get to the point as soon as
possible. Especially in formal letters, it is important to immediately
make clear the purpose of the letter.