Mastering the Art of Writing: A Guide to Expressive and Transactional Styles
Writing is a powerful tool for communication, allowing us to articulate our thoughts for ourselves and others. This article explores two main types of writing: expressive and transactional. Expressive writing, like journaling, focuses on personal thoughts without filtering, while transactional writing seeks to inform and persuade an audience with structured arguments. Effective transactional writing requires audience awareness, clarity of ideas, and proper organization. By following key questions and frameworks, writers can enhance their communication skills, making their work more impactful.
Mastering the Art of Writing: A Guide to Expressive and Transactional Styles
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Newspaper Article Reviews HOW TO WRITE THEM
When you write, you: • select your thoughts. • organize your thoughts. • encode (put together) your thoughts. Your put your thoughts into a coherent (understandable) form for yourself and others.
1. Expressive Writing • Thinking on paper! • No filtering, just writing down whatever comes to mind. • Ex: Diary, Journal, Notes to friends, class notes
Transactional Writing • Targets an audience • Is meant to persuade, instruct, or inform. • We have to really think about what we write! • Ideas become clear. • Ex: Essay, Summary, Encyclopedia entry
Can you imagine an encyclopedia entry like this? • Rhinoceros – Rhinos are these big dumb animals. They smell bad if you ever get close to one in the zoo. They got big horns and are UGLY!!! They can live to be 50 years old, and that is OLD. I wouldn’t want to ever meet a rhino cuz I don’t like big nasty hairy beasts looking at me and being all up in my business.
There is a certain way to write Transactional pieces of writing: • Remember your audience • Back up and explain things • Structure your writing
Questions to ask yourself: • Remember this : B-E-C • Bottom Line: What am I writing about? • Explain: How can I most easily explain this? Provide at least THREE FULL sentences. • Conclusion: What do I think about what I just read? How could this affect me?
Bottom Line: • This article is about _______________. • Explain: _______________________ • Conclusion: • I would never be caught doing ______. There should be rules about __________.
