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Different Types of Text

This document defines and provides examples of different types of texts: 1) Persuasive texts aim to convince the reader to do something through techniques like repetition, capital letters, exclamation points and emotional arguments. Informative texts provide facts to advise or inform readers on a topic. Instructive texts tell readers how to do something using direct language and avoiding unnecessary words. 2) Descriptive texts use adjectives, adverbs, comparisons and senses to help readers visualize what is being described. Narrative texts tell stories through an orientation, complication and resolution, using processes verbs and temporal conjunctions. 3) Expository texts aim to explain or inform on a topic through formats like how-to guides, definitions

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Different Types of Text

This document defines and provides examples of different types of texts: 1) Persuasive texts aim to convince the reader to do something through techniques like repetition, capital letters, exclamation points and emotional arguments. Informative texts provide facts to advise or inform readers on a topic. Instructive texts tell readers how to do something using direct language and avoiding unnecessary words. 2) Descriptive texts use adjectives, adverbs, comparisons and senses to help readers visualize what is being described. Narrative texts tell stories through an orientation, complication and resolution, using processes verbs and temporal conjunctions. 3) Expository texts aim to explain or inform on a topic through formats like how-to guides, definitions

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Different Types Of Text

1.Persuasive texts

A persuasive text is a text that really wants you to do something

An advert might want you to buy something.


You might write a letter to persuade a friend to go on holiday with you, or to try and get off a parking
ticket.
Persuasive texts might use:
repeated words
text in capital letters
exclamation marks
rhetorical questions (questions where no answer is needed)
an emotional one-sided argument
humour
Examples:
SPECIAL OFFER! Buy today! Would you want to miss this SPECIAL offer? Phone NOW...

"I really think that you need this holiday. You have been working very hard lately and are so
worn out. Just think of how nice it will be to lie on the beach in the sunshine."

2. Informative texts

An informative text is a text that wants to advise or tell you about something.

A newspaper article might give you information about a health issue like giving up smoking.
A website might give you information about a movie, band or something that you are
interested in.
A handout from school might be advising you about what your child will be doing during the
next term.
Informative texts usually:
avoid repetition
contain facts
give information in a clear way - introducing the subject and then developing it
Examples:
Make a plan to help you try and give up smoking. Plan the date you'll give up, how you'll try to
deal with temptations and a list of the reasons why you are giving up to keep motivated.

Autumn term: Your child will be covering simple fractions during weeks 1-6.
3.Instructive texts

An instructive text is a text that instructs or tells you how to do something

A recipe wants to instruct you how to cook something.


A leaflet with a piece of furniture wants to tell you how to put it together or take care of it.
Instructive texts:
are written as though the reader is being spoken to -
(although the word 'you' is not usually used)
language is direct and unnecessary words are left out
often use 'must' and 'must not'
sometimes use diagrams or pictures to help understanding
Examples:
Put all ingredients into bowl together. Whisk until fully mixed.

Go to the end of the road and turn left past the pub on the corner. Keep walking until you come
to a park and then turn right into Hawker Street.

To learn more about writing instructions, look at the Skillswise Instructions module

4. Descriptive texts

A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what they are describing.

A novel might want you to imagine the characters and see them in your mind.
A travel book will want you to see the country it is describing.
Descriptive texts usually:
make use of adjectives and adverbs
use comparisons to help picture it - something is like something
employ your five senses - how it feels, smells, looks, sounds and tastes
Examples:
The morning air was crisp and sharp as Sean walked down the road.
The pavement was slippery and cold beneath his feet like a slimy wet fish.

To learn more about words to help you describe people, places and things look at the Skillswise
Describing words (adjectives) module.
5.Narrative text

Narrative is a text focusing specific participants. Its social function is to tell stories or past
events and entertain the readers.
Generic Structure of Narrative

A narrative text will consists of the following structure:


1. Orientation: Introducing the participants and informing the time and the place
2. Complication: Describing the rising crises which the participants have to do with
3. Resolution: Showing the way of participant to solve the crises, better or worse

Language Features of Narrative


· Using processes verbs
· Using temporal conjunction
· Using Simple Past Tense

Example : Cinderella story

6.Expository Text

Expository text is nonfiction reading material. The intent of these written works is to inform or
explain something to the reading audience. Expository text can vary in nature. Some common
formats of expository writing include the following:
1.How-To (Procedural)
2.Definition
3.Description
4.Persuasion
5.Analysis
6.Classification
7.Comparison

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