The Definition of Writing
first, writers have a better understanding of themselves and readers become understand experience distinct from their own.
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b Writing to report information Information consists of data which are fact, inferences, and opinion. In this
purpose of writing, the writers draw on data to transfer information from one mind to another through language which is written language.
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c Writing to explain information Explaining information means the writers need to analyze or classify
information, examine causes and consequences, and define concepts. By viewing the information, it can be viewed in more than one way because
different writer comes to different conclusion.
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d Writing to evaluate something Evaluation means thinking critically and determines the quality of what
things which are judged. It also determines something important, benefit, or worth. For example when people are trying to convince themselves of something
or people’s evaluation must convince someone else. They need to define their assumptions, anticipate opposition, and draw conclusions.
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e Writing to analyze text This aims of writing is to analyze the text. There is no single correct of
analyzing text. Different writers can reach different conclusions when they analyze the same text.
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f Writing to persuade others This aim of writing is to persuade in an attempt to get someone to do
something that the writers want about themselves. This example of writing is when people want to apply job, propose marriage, and argumentative.
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Robert Keith Miller, Motives for Writing, New York: Mc Graw Hill: 2006, p. 47.
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Ibid, p. 98.
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Ibid, p. 173.
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Ibid, p. 241.
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Ibid, p. 381.
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Ibid, p. 451.
g Writing to amuse others This writing aim is to bring pleasure to others for example by telling a joke
or story which makes someone pleased. This kind of writing is always there in a narrative text.
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