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TEXT TYPES - Coggle Diagram
TEXT TYPES
Literary Text
Poem
Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
Narrative
Essentially, the purpose of narrative texts is to tell a story. That said, there can be many reasons for storytelling in the first place, for example, myths can be told to explain natural phenomena and legends can be used to pass on cultural beliefs.
Drama
Drama is largely to entertain through storytelling and can be used to provide social commentary, communicate culture, amuse, and inform too.
Factual Text
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EXPLANATORY
Explanatory texts move beyond providing straightforward descriptions to looking at things like causes and reasons.
DISCUSSION
Discussion text is to explore more than one point of view on a given subject in order to reach an informed opinion, or to make a decision on an issue.
INSTRUCTIONAL
Instructions and procedural texts communicate rules or processes to follow. They are commonly found accompanying games, household appliances, or in recipes etc.
PERSUASION
Persuasive type texts is to convince the reader of the merits of adopting a particular viewpoint or taking a specific course of action.
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