types of text.
INSTRUCTIVE
how complete a video game
recipes, game instructions
use diagrams or pictures
often use
must and must not
language is direct and
unnecessary words are left out
are written:
the reader is being spoken to
include helpful features
bullet points and numered headings
diagrans, graphs, charts
are written in a simple style
tell how to do something
DESCRIPTIVE
descrive and reveal
a particular person, place or thing.
employ your five senses
use comparisons to help
picture it.
make use of adjective and adverbs
is a text which says
what a person or a thing is like
NARRATIVE
nonfiction
memoirs, biographies, new stories
fiction
novels, stories, poems
an author often
of common text structures
use different types
explain how an author
organizes details in his writing
solve the problems
tries to find the resolutions
or problematic events
is a story with complication
INFORMATIVE
COMMON SOURCES
instruction manuals
autobiographies
science or history books
Magazines
CHARACTERISTICS
understand the main topic
find key information
DEFINITION
usually:
give information in clear way
contain facts
Subtopic
avoid tepetition.
wants to tell about something.
