Defining Text Types: Features, Structures, and Genres
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Understanding Text Types
Narrative Texts
Stories of real or imaginary events, featuring characters in space and time.
Descriptive Texts
Presents people, objects, etc., with all their details and features.
Directive Texts
Reports clearly, objectively, and accurately in order to guide the performance of an activity.
Predictive Texts
Announces what will happen in the future.
Expository Texts
Provides information organized logically and hierarchically on any topic.
Argumentative Texts
Exposes a series of reasoned arguments to convince the receiver on a topic or opinion.
Discourse Genres and Text Type Examples
Narrative Discourse Genres
Literature:
- Novel
- Tale
- Mythological narrative
- Legend
- Epic
- Romance
- Comic
- Movie script
Journalism:
- Chronicle
- Sports reportage
- News
History:
- Chronicle