UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MACHALA
UNIDAD ACADÉMICA DE CIENCIAS QUIMICAS Y LA
SALUD CARRERA DE MEDICINA
WRITING TECHNIQUES
NAME: Arelis Mariel Carrión Abad. DATE: Tuesday, 10 January, 2023.
I. Answer the following questions:
a. Why are writing techniques important for students?
As a student, you must have heard it several times that writing is an important life
skill to learn, which is why it is deliberately taught in all our schools today.
Writing, actually, is a skill that has a whole lot of benefits, not only to you as a
student but to you as a person, too. Because It Improves Communication Skills,
Sharpens Creativity and Imagination Levels, It also Widens Knowledge Base as
well as Vital to Academic Success.
b. Choose the correct answer about: what is the essay-writing.
• It is a brief writing, dedicated to a specific topic that implies its deepening,
discernment and synthesis, where the author expresses his idea or point of
view, from an objective information, collected and previously written.
• It is an extensive writing, dedicated to diverse topics that implies its depth,
discernment and synthesis, where the author expresses his idea or point of
view, from an objective information, compiled and previously written.
• It is an extensive writing, dedicated to diverse subjects that superficially implies
its characteristics, discernment and synthesis, where the author expresses his
idea or point of view, from a subjective information, compiled and previously
written.
• None of the above
2. How many types of writing techniques are there? Select and list them
a. 3 writing types
b. 2 writing types
c. 5 writing types
d. 4 writing types
● Expository
● Narrative
● Descriptive
● Persuasive
3. Which writing techniques allows the writer to write a complete text from start
to finish chronologically? Explain your answer.
