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There are two categories of text types in English: literary and factual. Each text type has its own structural and language features. The document then provides an outline describing the purpose, structural features, and language features of different text types including narrative, description, procedure, explanation, exposition, and response.

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Text Types

There are two categories of text types in English: literary and factual. Each text type has its own structural and language features. The document then provides an outline describing the purpose, structural features, and language features of different text types including narrative, description, procedure, explanation, exposition, and response.

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Text types in English There two types of category of text types which students must be competent in using-Literary text

types and factual text types. Every text type has structural and language features. An outline is provided below:
Text Type Narrative Purpose To entertain, amuse or instruct Structural Features Orientation complication series of events coda General statement Description Language Features Noun groups to describe characters and settings time words Action verbs Technical language, simple present tense, Generalised Terms Descriptive language, past tense, Time words to connect events, Words which tell us where, when, with whom, how Verbs usually at the beginning of each instruction Words or groups of words which tell us how, when, where, with whom Technical language Use of words such as because, as a result, to establish cause and effect sequences

Report

To classify and/or describe

Recount

To retell a series of events

Orientation sequence of events

Procedure

To instruct someone how to Goal material or do something equipment steps

Explanation

To explain how or why something occurs

Phenomenon identification Explanation sequence

Exposition

Words that qualify, eg Thesis Arguments usually, probably To persuade by arguing one Reinforcement of Words that link side of an issue thesis arguments eg firstly, on the other hand to respond to an artistic work Context of artistic Words which express work Description judgements of artistic work Descriptive language Judgement

Response

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