Types of texts

Types of texts

1. Narrative

   • Tells about real incidents
     • The author's purpose in writing a narrative essay is to communicate an important lesson learned during the story

2. Expository

   • The purpose of an expository text is to give information about a specific topic.
     • the author of an expository text cannot assume that the reader has prior knowledge of the topic

3. Technical

   • has the purpose of explaining a specific topic
     • Contains specific terminology to address the text's issues and avoids colloquial terms, humor and critical language

4. Cause and Effect

   • explain reasons why something happened or the effects of something.
     • Signal words: because, as a result, resulted, caused, affected, since, due to, effect.

5. Problem and solution

   • is a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue
     • Signal words: propose, solution, answer, issue, problem, problematic, remedy, prevention, and fix.