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Narrative
- Narrative Adventure
  - Knowledge for the writer
    - Create characters your readers will have a stronge opinion about
  - Generic structure
    - Chronological narrative
  - Language features
    - Usually has a cinematic quality
      - Purpose: To enterain
        Narrative Fantasy
        Generic structure
        Some structure focus on character development or description of setting at the expense of plot
        Language features
        Description is very important because fantasy uses settings that must be imagined by the reader
        Purpose: To entertain and to fuel the imagination
        Narrative - historical fiction
        Generic structure
        The writer can adapt the structure to achive a speciffic effect. Usually is the underlying structure
        Purpose: to entertain and to inform
        Language features
        Appropriate archaic language
        Knowledge for the writer
        Include accurate historical detail to create the setting or let the reader work it out
        Knowledge for the writer
        Choose adjectives carefully to describe the places and things in the story
        Narrative - Contemporary fiction
        Generic structure
        Stories therefore often reflect children's own experiences, are often personal and structured as a recount
        Language features
        Include the informal dialogue
        Knowledge for the writer
        Hero and Villain characters are more difficult to create because the characters look like ordinary people
        Purpose: to entertain and to create empathy with familiar characters
- Narrative Mistery
  - Generic structure
    - It's often chronological
    - Language feature
      - Is used to intensify the mistery. Particularly adjectives and adverbials
      - Knowledge for the writer
        Use questions to highlight key moments as the mystery deepens
        Purpose: To intrigue and entertain
        Narrative - stories which raise dilemmas
        Generic structure
        Usually leads the character to the dilemma quite quickly
        Language features
        Action and dialogue are all important for developing and deepening character
        Purpose: to entertain and to explore issues or dilemmas
        Knowledge for the writer
        Make sure the dilemma or issue to be faced is a really tricky one to deal with
        Narrative traditionals tales
        Generic structure
        The structure are often based on a quest, a journey or a series of trials
        Language features
        Use some archaic language forms and vocabulary
        Knowledge for the writer
        Characters usually represent the archetypical opposites of good and evil
        Purpose: to entertain and share cultural beliefs
        Narrative - Myths
        Generic structure
        Usually includes incredible or miraculous events
        Language features
        Rich vocabulary evoking the power and splendour of the characters and settings
        Purpose: to provide a fictional explanation for natural phenomena
        Knowledge for the writer
        Consider including a character who is a "trickster" to add to the fun or to create twists in the plot
        Narrative -legends
        Generic structure
        Is usually chronological
        Language features
        Use more literary language
        Knowledge for the writer
        Use symbols your reader will recognise to help them get involved in the story
        Purpose: to provide information about the way particular people lived, and what they believed
        Narrative-Fairy tales
        Generic structure
        Is most typically a recount in chronological order
        Language features
        Often reflects the settings, using archaic or regional vocabulary and grammar
        Purpose: To assume and to convey cultural information
        Knowledge for the writer
        Decide how the world of people and the world of fairy land will come into contact and how this will cause a problem
        Narrative-Fables
        Generic structure
        Is typically the simplest kind of narrative with a beginnig, a complication and a resolution
        Language features
        The narrative leaves little room for additional details of description or character development
        Purpose: Sets out to teach the reader or listener a lesson they should learn about life
        Knowledge for the writer
        Establish the setting in the first line and introduce the two main characters as soon as you can
- Narrative Science Fiction
  - Generic structure
    - The setting is often a time in the future
    - Language feature
      - The dialogue may use unusual forms and vocabulary, o even alternative languages
        Purpose: To entertain and to speculate about the future
        Narrative - Dialogue, play scripts, and film narrative
        Generic structure
        Structural conventions for scripting vary, particularly in their layouton the page or screen
        Knowledge for the writer
        Use only direct speech
        Purpose: Although these forms of storytelling differ from narrative, they usually share the same purposes
      - Knowledge for the writer
        Use description carefully when you want your reader to imagine something they have never seen
Non-fiction
- Non-fiction Discussion texts
  - Generic structure
    - Arguments against or alternative views
  - Language features
    - Written in simple present tense
      - Purpose: To present a reasoned and balanced overview of an issue
        Non-fiction - Persuasion texts
        Generic strusture
        Strategically organised information presents and then elaborates on the desired viewpoint
        Language features
        Written in simple present tense
        Purpose: To argue a case from a particular ponit of view
        Non-fiction - Recounts
        Generic structure
        Orientation such as scene-setting or establishing context
        Language features
        Usually written in the past tense
        Knowledge for the writer
        Details are important to create a recount rather than a simple list of events in order
        Purpose: The primary purpose of recounts is to retell events
        Knowledge for the writer
        Use simple psychology to appeal to the reader's judgement
  - Knowledge for te writer
    - Questions often make good titles
- Non-fiction - Explanatory texts
  - Generic structure
    - A general statement to introduce the tipoc being explained
    - Language features
      - Use of causal connectives
        Purpose: To explain the processes involved in natural/social phenomena
        Non-fiction - Instructional/procedural texts
        Generic structure
        List any material or equipment needed, in order
        Language features
        Use of imperative verbs
        Knowledge for the writer
        Keep sentences as short and simple as possible
        Purpose: To ensure something is done effectively
        Non-fiction - Non-chronological reports
        Generic structure
        An opening statement, often a general classification
        Purpose: To provide detailed information about the way things are or were
        Language features
        Description is usually an important feature, including the language of comparison and contrast
        Knowledge for the writer
        Include tables, diagrams or images
      - Knowledge for the writer
        Use the first paragraph to inroduce what you will be explaining
Poetry
- Poetry - Free verse
  - Generic structure
    - Monologue
  - Language features
    - Written in the first person, a single voice
      - Purpose: Free verse is not restricted by conventions of form
  - Knowledge for te writer
    - Lines or verses instead of sticking to predictable patterns
- Poetry - Visual poems
  - Generic structure
    - Concrete poetry
  - Language feature
    - They can include sounds and images and can also be 3-D
    - Knowledge for writer
      - Get more ideas by exploring font options and text effects
        Purpose: Are based on visual appearance and/or sound
- Poetry - Structured poems
  - Generic structure
    - Some are culturally specific
  - Language feature
    - Based on features such as line lenght, syllable, rhyme, rhythm, metre, or a combination of these
      - Purpose: Helps to organise the content
  - Knowledge for the writer
    - Remove clichés and change any rhymes

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