Text types

Text types

1. Narrative

   • Adventure
     • It is a retelling of a set of exciting stories or events leading to a high resolution and its main purpose is to entertain
   • Mystery
     • Its main purpose is to intrigue and entertain and the author uses questions to exaggerate the mystery
   • Science fiction
     • The main purpose of science fiction is to entertain and sometimes make the audience speculate about the future. The plot includes adventure and descriptions are very prominent
   • Fantasy
     • Imagery is very important to help the reader imagine places that they have never seen. The main purpose of fantasy is fuel the imagination
   • Historical fiction
     • The nararative talks about something that happened in the past and historical settings need to have many details to make them authentic
   • Contemporary fiction
     • This type of narrative includes school stories and things that happen at home or in the society. Its main purpose is to entertain and sometimes create empathy with familiar characters
   • Stories which raice dilemmas
     • The plot depends on how the main character deals with a difficult and the narrative makes the story interesting with the help of suspense. Its main goal is to make the reader explore different issues
   • Traditional tales
     • Its origins are in the oral traditions and include myths, legends fables, and fairy tales and its main aim is to share cultural beliefs
   • Myths
     • Its main goal is to provide a fictional explanation of natural phenomena and also can pass on a cultural, religious, or spiritual beliefs and traditions
   • Legends
     • Legends are applied to provide information about the particular way people used to live and their beliefs. Legends can also help us to reflect in our current lives because they often address with issue that could be relevant nowadays
   • Fairy tales
     • They were originally intended for adults and kids. They were passed down to amuse and convey cultural awareness that influences people's behavior.
   • Fables
     • Fables set out to teach a lesson of life that the reader must learn and the narrative towards the closing moral statement
   • Dialogue, play scripts and fil narrative
     • They tell a story and have a deliberate effect on the reader or listener and include scripts for fil viewing or audio

2. Non-fiction

   • Discussion texts
     • These texts are useful to know how to present different points of view about an issue or controversial problem and provide evidence for them.
   • Explanatory texts
     • They are used to explain with details how or why is carried out a process and how are involved in social phenomena or give the reason of something in particular
   • Instructional texts
     • They may be visual and combine words and images to ensure something is done and explained correctly with a successful outcome for the participants
   • Persuasion texts
     • Its main purpose is to argue a case from a specific point of view and encourage the reader the agree with the author's ideas with statements that sum up the viewing point presented at the beginning
   • Non- chronological reports
     • Describe the things as they are in reality. They usually present the information objectively. It helps the reader to understand better what is described by the appropriate organization of the data
   • Recounts
     • They are the most common text type and they are used to provide an account of the events, retelling stories to entertain and inform about something specific

3. Poetry

   • Free verse
     • The main feature of free verse is that are not restricted by patterns and does not have to rhy me or maintain an accurate structure
   • Visual poems
     • Visual poems are based on visual or sound aspects. The words are exaggerated and create a particular shape creating an image for the reader that may be literal or a metaphor
   • Structured poems
     • They follow a consistent framework base or a specific feature and generally influences the reader by the sounds it contains on it