types of text

expository text

th purpose is to inform about a specific topic

it isn't about a story, it is about to tell and argue about the topic

you should undrstand, bcause the author should explain it like if you didn't know enything.

narrative text

they are accounts of events

narrative texts have an introdoction, climax and conclucion

their purpose is to tell a lesson during the story and not only to talk about past events.

technical text

the purpose of this text is to talk about a specific topic

it contains specific terminology, it doesn't uses coloquial terms, humor, vague terms and figurative laguage.

they almost don't use questions

persuasive text

in this text the author tries to convince the audince about something.

the author uses methods like repetition, emotive language, etc.

cause and effect

it explains the efects that could happen or why something happened

problem and solucion

is a pattern of organization wher information is expresed as a dilema

it talks about a problem and how to solve it

signal words: because, as a result, resulted, caused, affected, since, due to, effect.

signal words: propose, solution, answer, issue, problem, problematic, remedy, prevention and fix.