Different Types of Writing and Text Types :

Factual Text Types

Persuasion Texts/Opinion Writing

Instructional/Procedural Texts

Explanatory Texts

Discussion Texts

Non Chronological Reports

Literary Text Types

Narrative

Drama

Poetry

Main Text types

The title is often in the form of a question

Written in the present tense

Move beyond providing straightforward descriptions to looking at things like causes and reasons.

Recounts

Most often written in the past tense as text type relates events that already happened.

The purpose of non-chronological reports given information and detail about something that happened, but without being tied to providing a linear account in terms of time.*


Diagrams / Illustrations used to support or replace text

Process described step-by-step using bullet points, numbers etc

Convince the reader of the merits of adopting a particular viewpoint or taking a specific course of action.

Details are used extensively to flesh out the bare bones of the events.

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.

Poetry is the art of writing poetry and can take many different forms..

The purpose of narrative texts is to tell a story. Storytelling is a means to entertain and inform readers and allows writers to express themselves.

myths

fables

traditional tales

novels

short stories