The Type/Genre of Texts
The Type/Genre of Texts No Types of Text About Purpose Generic Structure 1 Narrative story: fairy tale, legend, fable, myth, mystery, romance, horror, science fiction, etc. to amuse, entertain the […]
The Type/Genre of Texts
| No | Types of Text | About | Purpose | Generic Structure |
| 1 | Narrative | story: fairy tale, legend, fable, myth, mystery, romance, horror, science fiction, etc. | to amuse, entertain the readers | orientation-evaluation-complication-resolution-reorientation |
| 2 | Recount | personal experience, diary, history, biography, autobiography | to tell the past event | orientation-event-reorientation |
| 3 | Spoof | funny story | to tell humorous story with twist | orientation-event-twist |
| 4 | Anecdote | funny or interesting story about a real incident or person | to share something funny or interesting about an event or person | abstract-orientation-crisis-reaction-coda |
| 5 | News Item | news | to inform listeners or readers about events of the day considered important | newsworthy events-background-sources |
| 6 | Description | specific description | to describe a particular person, place, or thing | identification-description |
| 7 | Report | general description | to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made, and social phenomena | general classification-description |
| 8 | Explanation | the process | to explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural phenomena | general statement-explanation |
| 9 | Procedure | the ways or steps | to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps | goal-material-steps |
| 10 | Analytical Exposition | opinion with reiteration | to persuade the readers that something is the case | thesis-argument-reiteration |
| 11 | Hortatory Exposition | opinion with recommendation (should/not or must/not) | to persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case | thesis-argument-recommendation |
| 12 | Discussion | issues with different viewpoints | to present information and opinions about more than one side of an issue | issue-arguments for and against-conclusion |
| 13 | Review | critique of an art work, event, or product | to evaluate and critique the work, event, or product | orientation-evaluation-interpretation-summary |
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