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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