Writing Techniques

Most of the students in a primary school setting in Malaysia, are having problems to deliver ideas and merge them into creative writing which could attract the readers to continue reading. And this causes major problem when the kids sit for Paper 2, UPSR examination. 

Now, writing is an important form of communication. Good writers use different writing techniques to fit their purpose for writing. To be a good writer, you must master each of the following writing techniques.

1. Description

   Through description, a writer helps the reader use the senses of feeling, seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting to experience what the writer experiences. Description helps the reader to clearly understand the people, places, and things about which the writer is writing. It is the most common form of writing. 

2. Exposition

   Through exposition, a writer informs, explains, and clarifies his/her ideas and thoughts. Exposition goes beyond description to help the reader understand with greater clarity and depth the ideas and thoughts of the writer. 

3. Narration

   Through narration, a writer tells a story. A story has characters, a setting, a time, a problem, attempts at solving the problem, and a solution to the problem. Bedtime stories are examples of short stories while novels are examples of long stories. 

By using the writing technique that fits your purpose, you will be able to communicate your ideas effectively and get high marks for your Paper II, children. Isn't that interesting and worth trying ?