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Text Types and Different Styles of Writing : - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Structure: This type of text begins with a defined objective or goal, which will often form the title. Usually, a list of resources, equipment etc. will then be included, followed by a step-by-step description of the process to be followed to achieve the desired outcome. Often, the written process will be supported by diagrams and/or illustrations. Occasionally, the diagrams or illustrations may replace the written text entirely.
      - Main Features:
        
        Title indicates the process described.
        
        Includes resource / equipment list.
        
        Process described step-by-step using bullet points, numbers etc.
        
        Time connectives used to organize writing (first, next, then, finally etc.).
        
        Imperatives used
        
        Diagrams / Illustrations used to support or replace text.
      - Purpose: Instructions and procedural texts communicate rules or processes to follow. They are commonly found accompanying games, household appliances, or in recipes etc. While in some ways instructional/procedural texts are similar to explanatory texts, the main difference is that while instructional/procedural texts tell you what to do, while explanatory texts describe something.
- - - - Purpose: As with all literary genres of writing, poetry can be written to serve a wide variety of purposes. For example, poetry can be written to entertain, to inform, to amuse, to share knowledge, pass on culture, to advance culture, etc. Poetry comes in many forms and sometimes these forms come with their own specific purposes. For example, limericks are crafted to amuse readers, while elegies are usually written to praise or mourn a person.
      - Structure: The different types of poetry make use of a variety of different structures. There are way too many to list here. That said, the structure of poetry usually revolves around the use of rhyme schemes, rhythmical patterns, grammatical patterns, and line and stanza length.
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        The musicality of language is utilized through the use of rhyme, rhythm, and various literary devices.
        
        Language that appeals to the senses is used.
        
        Imagery is used to paint pictures in the readers’ minds.
        
        The sounds and meanings of language are played with through the use of literary devices.
    - - Structure: As drama is largely concerned with storytelling, it often follows the same types of plot structures as other narrative forms, along with various conventions particular to this form itself. For example, where a novel might have chapters and parts, a drama has scenes and acts. Drama has written conventions too that make it distinct from prose forms of storytelling, such as its extensive use of dialogue and occasional stage directions, for example.
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        Story related largely through the use of dialogue with page showing name of character and the words they speak.
        
        Organizational information included such as set descriptions and stage directions.
        
        Story structures common in narrative texts also used here.
      - Purpose: As with narrative texts, the purpose of drama is largely to entertain through storytelling. Drama can also be used to provide social commentary, communicate culture, amuse, and inform too. While there are similarities between narrative storytelling and dramatic storytelling, drama endeavors to tell a story through enacting it on the stage, usually requiring the use of dialogue as a primary means of moving the story on.