GENRES OF WRITING LANGUAGE

ACADEMIC WRITING 

• Paper and general subject reports, Essays, composition, academically focused journal 

• Short-answer test responses, technical reports, theses, dissertation. 

JOB-RELATED WRITING 

• Messages, letters/e-mails, memos, reports, schedules, advertisement, announcements, manuals 

PERSONAL WRITING 

• Letters, e-mails, greeting cards, invitations, messages, notes, diaries 

• Calendar entries, shopping lists, reminders, financial documents, 

• Forms, questionnaires, medical report, immigration documents, fiction