types of text.

DEFINITION

wants to tell about something.

usually:

avoid tepetition.

Subtopic

contain facts

give information in clear way

CHARACTERISTICS

find key information

understand the main topic

COMMON SOURCES

Magazines

science or history books

autobiographies

instruction manuals

DEFINITION

is a story with complication

or problematic events

tries to find the resolutions

solve the problems

CHARACTERISTICS

explain how an author

organizes details in his writing

an author often

use different types

of common text structures

COMMON SOURCES

fiction

novels, stories, poems

nonfiction

memoirs, biographies, new stories

DEFINITION

is a text which says

what a person or a thing is like

CHARACTERISTICS

make use of adjective and adverbs

use comparisons to help

picture it.

employ your five senses

COMMON SOURCES

descrive and reveal

a particular person, place or thing.

DEFINITION

tell how to do something

are written in a simple style

include helpful features

diagrans, graphs, charts

bullet points and numered headings

CHARACTERISTICS

are written:

the reader is being spoken to

language is direct and

unnecessary words are left out

often use

must and must not

use diagrams or pictures

COMMON SOURCES

recipes, game instructions

how complete a video game