TEXT TYPES

TEXT TYPES

1. Text type is an abstract category designed to characterize the main structure of a particular text or one of its parts according to its dominant properties.

   • Information on a range of text types for literacy is contained here. The text types are broken into three genres:
     • Narrative= The most common structure is: an opening that establishes setting and introduces characters, a complication and resulting events, a resolution/ending.
       • The essential purpose of narrative is to tell a story, but the detailed purpose may vary according to genre.
     • Non-Fiction= It presents a reasoned and balanced overview of an issue or controversial topic. Usually aims to provide two or more different views on an issue, each with elaborations, evidence and/ or examples.
       • The most common structure includes: a statement of the issues involved and a preview of the main arguments, arguments for, with supporting evidence/examples, arguments against or alternative views, with supporting evidence/examples.
     • Poetry= It is a very wide-ranging type of text and has many purposes and forms. Often written or spoken for an intended reader, it may also be composed for a personal outcome because the concise and powerful nature of poetry conveys emotion particularly well.
       • Poems are often grouped for learning and teaching by theme, structure, form or language features
         • Poems can have many different purposes, e.g. to amuse, to entertain, to reflect, to convey information, to tell a story, to share knowledge or to pass on cultural heritage.
   • LIZETH NIETO SANDOVAL