Types of text
- 1. TYPES OF TEXT Text Type Purpose Structural Features Language Features Narrative To entertain, amuse or instruct Orientation complication series of Noun groups to describe events coda characters and settings time words Action verbs Report To classify and/or describe General statement Description Technical language, simple present tense, Generalised Terms Recount To retell a series of events Orientation sequence of events Descriptive language, past tense, Time words to connect events, Words which tell us where, when, with whom, how Procedure To instruct someone how to do Goal material or equipment Verbs usually at the beginning something steps of each instruction Words or groups of words which tell us how, when, where, with whom Explanation To explain how or why something occurs Phenomenon identification Technical language Use of words Explanation sequence such as because, as a result, to establish cause and effect sequences Exposition To persuade by arguing one side of an Thesis Arguments Words that qualify, eg usually, issue Reinforcement of thesis probably Words that link arguments eg firstly, on the other hand Response to respond to an artistic work Context of artistic work Words which express judgements Description of artistic work Descriptive language Judgement