lesson 2: types of text

text

a behavioral non interactive event restricted to your experience with understanding its characteristics and its meaning or info as its singular purpose

text

a written form of communication

persuasive texts

are factual text types that give a point of view and used to influence and persuade others

information report

classifies describes and gives factual information about people, animals things or phenomena

text

consists of sentences which communicate information

factual description

describes a place or thing using facts

literary description

describes people, characters, places events and things in an imaginative way

literary texts

entertain or elicit an emotional response by using language to create mental images

explanation

explains how or why something happens

personal response

gives a personal opinion on a novel, play or film referring to parts within the passage

discussion

gives different point of view in order to make an informed decision

procedures

gives instructions on how to make or do something

exposition

gives reasons for a point of view to try and convince others of it

factual texts

inform, instruct or persuade by giving facts and information

text

non interactive in nature

literary recount

retells events from novels, plays films and personal experiences

factual recount

retells events which have already happened in order

review

summarizes analyzes and assesses the appeal of a novel, play or film to a broader audience

narrative

tells a story using a series of events

procedural recount

tells how something was made or done in time order and with accuracy