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Text Types
Different assignments may require different text types.
The following table lists some categories of text types.
Research Assignments usually require a factual text type.
Categories of Text Types
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Literary Text
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Factual Text
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- Narrative
- Literary Recount
- Observation
- Literary description
- Personal Response
- Review
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- Factual description
- Information report
- Procedure
- Procedural recount
- Factual recount
- Explanation
- Exposition
- Discussion
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Description of Factual
Text Types
| Text Type |
Purpose |
Features |
| Factual Description |
Describe living,
nonliving or natural phenonema
(Describes something or someone)
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Introductory paragraph about subject
Series of paragraphs describing different
aspects of subject
Optional concluding paragraph
e.g. Texts in information books
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| Information Report |
Classify and describe
general classes of phenonema
(Describes a class of things)
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Opening general definition or classification
Sequence of related statements about topic
Concluding statement
e.g. text books
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| Procedure |
To instruct how things
are done through a series of steps
(Tells how to do something) |
Opening statement
of goal or aim
Materials required are listed in order of use
Series of steps listed in chronological order
eg recipe |
| Procedural Recount |
Record steps taken
to achieve a goal or outcome
(Tells how something was achieved) |
How things were made
To recount in sequential order the steps taken
to achieve a particular goal/outcome after doing
a procedure.
e.g scientific experiment
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| Factual Recount |
Retell a series of
events in the order they occurred
(Tells what happened) |
Orientation - background
information about who, where and when
Series of events in chronological order
A personal comment
e.g. Historical report |
| Explanation |
To explain scientifically
how technologically and why natural phenomena
came into being
(Explains how things happen and why they are
as they are) |
A general statement
Series of paragraphs explaining how or why
Series of events in chronological order
Concluding statement
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| Exposition |
To argue a case for
or against a point of view about an an issue
(Argues a point of view) |
Point of view is
stated
Justifications of arguments presented in logical
order
Summing up of argument and reinforcement of
point of view |
| Discussion |
To present issues
for more than one perspective and make recommendations
based on evidence
(Discusses different points of view and makes
a judgement)
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statement of the
issue and a preview of the main points
arguments for and supporting evidence
arguments against and supporting evidence (alternatively
argument/counter argument a point at a time)
recommendation - summary and conclusion |
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