UTILITARIAN WRITING

Jill Kerper Mora

Writing notes and memos

Explanations

Arrangements and appointments

Instructions and procedures

Inquiries and requests

Apologies

Writing personal letters

Invitations

Acceptances and refusals

Congratulations

Commiserations

Expressing positive and negative emotions

Thank you letters

Sharing and personal anecdotes

Writing for Specific Purposes

Telegrams, E-mail messages

Personal advertisements and announcements

Instructions

Writing Descriptions

Describing people

Describing places

Describing objects

Describing human scenes and situations

Describing landscapes

Describing habits and conditions

Describing processes

Reporting Experiences

Reporting incidents and events

Writing biographical information

Narrating

Reporting speech

Writing to Companies and Officials

Filling out forms

Request letters

Letters of application

Giving information

Giving instructions

Letters of complaint

Letters of apology and explanation

Presenting Facts, Ideas and Opinions

Paragraph writing

Letters to the editor of a magazine or newspaper

Personal and factual reports

Essay writing