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- - - - Story related largely through the use of dialogue with the page showing the name of the character and the words they speak.
      - Organisational information included, such as set descriptions and stage directions.
      - Story structures common in narrative texts are also used here
    - - Most often written in the past or present tense
      - Most often uses the third or first person perspective
      - Characters are often recognisably human in their motivations and actions
      - Language is used creatively to paint a picture in the reader’s mind
      - Storytelling may be supplemented by the use of images
    - - The musicality of language is utilised 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
- - - - Title indicates the process described e.g. How to…
      - 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
    - - Written in the simple present tense
      - Moves from a general point to specific points
      - Uses logical connectives (therefore, because of this, this proves that)
      - Employs rhetorical devices
      - Uses facts and evidence to support arguments
      - Addresses reader directly
      - Employs various methods of psychological persuasion
    - - Often written in the present tense, third person
      - Sometimes written in the past tense e.g. on a historical event
      - Frequently, the passive voice is employed
      - Usually focused on general subjects
      - May contain several subheadings
      - Dispassionate in tone
      - May include tables, diagrams, or images
    - - Most often written in the past tense as text type relates events that already happened.
      - Time connectives are used extensively to organise chronology, e.g. first, then, next, after that, etc.
      - Details are used extensively to flesh out the bare bones of the events.
    - - The title is often in the form of a question
      - Written in the present tense
      - Generic statements are followed by specific examples
      - Arguments are sometimes supported by diagrams, illustrations etc
    - - Title reveals what is being explained
      - May contain diagrams, flowcharts, illustrations etc
      - Written in simple present tense
      - Time connectives used such as first, after, then, next, finally etc.
      - Talks to the reader directly e.g. “You’ll be surprised to learn…”