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1. Gives one's opinions about a current problem or issue - B. editorial. Usually a brief piece of writing that expresses the pubishling house's own view on an issue.
2. Writing in newspapers and magazines - I. article. Articles form an independent part of a publication.
3. The life story of a person written by himself - G. autobiography. It is a type of biography where the history of the person is told by that same person.
4. A personal record of daily events and feelings - E. diary. It is usually private.
5. Gives author's thoughts or ideas, or presents information in a serious tone - H. formal essay. Formal essays are usually longer than informal essays, and are written following a given structure and a formal tone.
6. Factual account of the lives of famous people - J. biography. In this case, the account of someone's life is written by someone else.
7. Tries to paint a picture with words and graphic details - A. description. It usually aims at making a detailed account of the characteristics and features of a subect matter based on any of the five senses.
8. A type of writing which explains something - D. exposition. This is a detailed explanation or account of an event, idea, person, etc.
9. Used to convince the reader that a certain fact is correct - C. argumentative pattern. Presenting an argument, its reasoning and supporting details and debating about it is usually the way these pieces of writing are developed.
10. Witty, familiar, chatty writing on a topic of general interest - F. informal essay. Although it is still aimed at convincing or informing about a given topic, the writer is not required to use formal expressions or structure.