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