Email Writing Style

Emails

Formal written paragraphs with salutation and a closing

Descriptive Writing

Present tense conveying mood

Magazine Article

human interest, no citation

Reviews

Mix of fact and opinion

Pamphlets

Advertisement or informative, organized with colors and headings

Blogs

Conversational tone, uses first person

Diaries and Journals

Personal, vulnerable, written in first person

Advertisements

Persuasive with large photos, colors, and titles

Editorials

Opinion pieces on current events with an authoritative voice

Autobiographies

First person, personal perspective, chronological

Speech

Purpose to encourage or give a consensus

Newspaper article

who what when where why, background knowledge