Text Types

Text Types

1. Narrative

   • Purpose
     • Is to tell a story
   • Generic structure
     • 1) an opening that establishes setting and introduces characters; 2) a complication and resulting events 3) a resolution/ending.
   • Language features (most common)
     • 1) presented in spoken or written form; 2) may be supplemented using ilustration such as hypertext, video, audio; 3)told/wirtten in past tense; 4)Crhonological
   • Classification
     • - Adventure -Mystery -Science Fiction -Fantasy -historical fiction -Contemporary fiction -Stories which raise dilemmas -Myths -Legends -Fairy tales -Fables

2. Non-fiction

   • Is based on fact
   • Loses credibility if fabricated
   • Objective
   • Focused on exterior
   • Classification
     • -Discussion --explanatory -instructional/procedural -Persuasion -non-chronological reports -recounts

3. Poetry

   • Purpose
     • to amuse, to entertain, to reflect, to convey information, to tell a story, to share knowledge or to pass on cultural heritage
   • Generic structures
     • Themes
       • Poetry selections or anthologies often group poems by their content or subject matter and include different examples of structures.
     • Structure
       • rigid textual structure to those that have only a visual or graphic basis
   • General language features
     • Rhyme
       • use particular rhyme patterns which are usually described using an alphabetic system. AABBA is the usual rhyme pattern of a limerick.
   • Classification
     • -Free verse -visual poems -structured poems

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