The Genre of Text

 The following is the summary of the types/genres of text. If you want to get the detail of each type text, simply click the the blue link in the types of text column.

The Genre of Texts

 

NO	TYPE OF TEXT	ABOUT	PURPOSE	GENERIC STRUCTURE
1	Narrative	story: fairy tale, legend, fable, myth, mystery, romance, horror, science fiction, etc.	to amuse/ entertain the readers	orientation, evaluation, complication, resolution, reorientation
2	Recount	personal experience, diary, history, biography, autobiography	to tell the pas event	orientation, event, reorientation
3	Spoof	funny story	to tell humorous story with twist	orientation, event, twist
4	News Item	news	to inform the readers or listeners about events of the day considered important	newsworthy events, background, sources
5	Descriptive	specific description	to describe a particular person, place or thing	identification, description
6	Report	general description	to describe the way things are with reference to a range with natural, man-made and social phenomena	general classification, description
7	Explanation	the process	to explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural phenomena	general statement, explanation
8	Procedure	the ways or steps	to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps	goal, material, steps
9	Analytical Exposition	opinion with reiteration	the persuade the readers that something is the case	thesis, argument, reiteration
10	Hortatory Exposition	opinion with recommendation should/not must/not	to persuade the readers that something should or shouldn't be the case	thesis, argument, recommendation
11	Discussion	opinion with for or against arguments	to present at least two points of views about an issue	issue, arguments for and against, conclusion
12	Review	opinion about art work, film, book, song, exhibition, etc.	to criticize an art work or event	orientation, interpretative recount, evaluation, summation