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Text Types and Different Styles of Writing - Coggle Diagram

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        Generic statements are followed by specific examples
        
        The title is often in the form of a question
        
        Written in the present tense
        
        Arguments are sometimes supported by diagrams, illustrations etc
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        The title reveals what is being explained
        
        It may contain diagrams, flowcharts, illustrations etc
        
        Written in simple present tense
        
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        Time connectives are used such as first, after, then, next, finally etc
        
        Talks to the reader directly, e.g. “You’ll be surprised to learn….”
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        The title indicates the process described, e.g. How to…
        
        Includes resource / equipment list
        
        The process is described step-by-step using bullet points, numbers etc
        
        Time connectives are used to organize writing (first, next, then, finally etc.)
        
        Imperatives used
        
        Diagrams / Illustrations are used to support or replace text.
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        Written in the simple present tense
        
        Moves from a general point to specific points
        
        Uses logical connectives (therefore, because of this, this proves that)
        
        Uses facts and evidence to support arguments
        
        Addresses reader directly
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        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
        
        May include tables, diagrams, or images
        
        It may contain several subheadings
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        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.
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        Written in the past tense, depending upon the status of your person of interest.
        
        Biographies provide facts about events, dates and times etc. (Timelines may be of use here.)
        
        Biographies are written in the third person perspective
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        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
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        Most often written in the past or present tense
        
        Most often, it 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
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        Story related largely through the use of dialogue with the page showing the character’s name 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
- - - - (fairy tales, novels,
      - science fiction, horror or adventure stories, fables, myths, legends, etc.) and non-fictional
      - (articles, newspaper reports, historical writings).