In every subject, writing is an essential part of learning. In Mathematics, especially in disciplines such as statistics, arguments are often stated in written form. With this, there should be a significant emphasis on a variety of writing types to address the challenges in some students' problems regarding writing proficiency. The change from elementary to middle school years, until to college is somewhat a change to a deeper level of thinking. If you have attended an English or anything related to Writing class, then, you already have learned about these writing styles. You can use those styles in creating compelling articles, whether for school or for work. And if in case you missed it or cannot remember it, here are the 5 most-known writing styles. 

5 Types of Writing Styles

Writing styles differ in a lot of ways -from purpose, to structure, and until to the level of emotional appeal. 

1. Narrative Writing 

Narrative writing is a type of writing wherein there could be a character and a setting. The character encounters a conflict in a significant way. Narrative writing includes the author's purpose, tone, voice, and structure. In school, students are often to be asked of their teachers to create a variety of narrative writing assignments. It could be a personal narrative, fiction or fanfiction, and stories that use a book's main character. For instance, one could write a Harry Potter's side adventure using narrative writing. In order to make a good narrative writing, you must be able to put in your writing its essential elements. The elements are: 

1. Theme, the main concept of the writing

2. A main character, one who has a well-defined character traits 

3. Side characters, those who might help or cause damage to the main character 

4. Setting, could be one or multiple, in which the story takes place 

5. Add literary elements like metaphor, simile, and symbolism

If you are good with this writing style, you are more likely to share a well-versed story to many other people. 

2. Analytical Writing 

Analytical writing is known to secondary school, college, and career. To be able to write an analytical writing, one must have the ability to look at a statement, argument, theme, and character, and if something has a merit, and why it does not have a merit. Analytical writing comes in when someone can identify and dissect a subject so it can give an argument about its meaning and merit. When writing this, you are required to develop a thesis that will support your main claim. It will be then backed up by the text in which a proof exists. Meaning, analytical writing is more of finding an evidence and tying it up in a paper. 

It is important to note that even if analytical writing welcomes opinion-based writing, it should still be backed up with the passages from an article. 

3. Expository Writing 

Expository writing is characterized as a writing that is predicated on exposition, a description, and an explanation of an idea. The usual topics in this type of writing styles include but are not limited to human experience, inventions, nature, emotions, politics, family and hobbies. 

Some teachers use the technique of not limiting their students to the usual introduction, a three paragraph body, and a conclusion. Sometimes, teachers would tell their students to write as many as paragraphs they like, as long as they were able to achieve what they need to portray and describe. It is indeed essential to use descriptive words that can effectively narrate the things that you are trying to say. 

4. Persuasive Writing 

Persuasive writing is a kind of nonfiction writing. The writer who writes this type of writing style needs to be careful in choosing what words to use, should be knowledgeable in developing logical arguments, and can make a cohesive summary. And in order to make the persuasive writing more compelling, you must be able to put in the two main components, namely the logic and emotional appeal. 

Logic is the one that comes first. Because in order to convince people, you must be able to have a sound premise. Which means you must choose a topic and back it up with good logic. Then, work on sympathy. To persuade people, you must be able to reach them emotionally. It is not enough that your points make sense, you have to let them realize that you are one of them, in mind and in heart. 

With this, it is essential to choose a topic close to your heart, something you are really passionate about in persuasive writing. 

5. Argumentative Writing 

It is usual to hear people say that persuasive writing is the same as argumentative writing, but no. These two types of writing style differ in a way that persuasive writing is more of getting a well-defended opinion while appealing emotionally. And an argumentative writing incorporates a more technical background, encompasses scientific studies, statistics, and quotes from experts. The author can also generate his own surveys and questionnaires. 

In order to create an argumentative writing, you must be able to put in these elements: 

1. Formal writing style, use a third-person point of view

2. Research facts in reliable resources 

3. Create arguments that are predicated on those facts 

4. Think of an overall claim to convince the reader 

There you are! Those are the 5 most-known types of writing style. You can incorporate it into what you write so you can be able to produce more compelling articles in your next write-ups! 

Have you tried creating articles incorporating these writing styles? Let me know in the comments!