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Text types in English
There two types of category of text types which students must be competent in using-Literary text types and factual text types. Every text type has structural and languagefeatures. An outline is provided below:
Text Type Purpose Structural Features Language Features
NarrativeTo entertain, amuse orinstruct
Orientationcomplication series ofevents coda
Noun groups todescribe charactersand settings timewords Action verbs
Report To classify and/or describeGeneral statementDescription
Technical language,simple present tense,Generalised Terms
RecountTo retell a series ofevents
Orientation sequenceof events
Descriptive language,past tense, Timewords to connectevents, Words whichtell us where, when,with whom, how
ProcedureTo instruct someone howto do something
Goal material orequipment steps
Verbs usually at thebeginning of eachinstruction Words orgroups of words whichtell us how, when,where, with whom
ExplanationTo explain how or whysomething occurs
PhenomenonidentificationExplanation sequence
Technical languageUse of words such asbecause, as a result, toestablish cause andeffect sequences
ExpositionTo persuade by arguingone side of an issue
Thesis ArgumentsReinforcement ofthesis
Words that qualify, egusually, probably Wordsthat link arguments egfirstly, on the otherhand
Response to respond to an artisticwork
Context of artistic
work Descriptionof artistic workJudgement
Words which expressjudgements Descriptivelanguage
Source: http://www.grchurstville.bmcc.education.nsw.gov.au/english_text_types.htm