discursive+genres+and+text+types

Discursive genres and text types

//**__Characteristics:__**//

//§// //**Topic**// //§// //**Structure**// //§// //**Style**// //§// //**Function**//

Letter to the Editor - Classifieds || Informative || Experiment report – Historial account || Informative || Rules || Persuasive/Informative || Persuasive ||
 * **Discursive Genres** || **Text types** || **Purpose** ||
 * Literary || Short story - Novel - Drama - Poetry - Fable Legend - Myth – TV script || Aesthetic ||
 * Journalism || News- Editorial - Chronicle -
 * Scientific || Definition – Encyclopedia entry
 * Humour || Comics - Joke - Graffitti || Aesthetic/Persuasive ||
 * Instructive || Directions - Law - Instructions - Recipe -
 * Advertising || Adverts - Commercials - Leaflets - Billboards || Persuasive ||
 * Letters || Letter - Application - Telegram -Postcard - Card || Informative/Expressive/
 * Visuals || Flowcharts - Diagrams - Graphs || Informative ||


 * __Modes of writing:__**


 * __Narrative__****:** Narration is the telling of a story. The succession of events is given in chronological order. It consists of three parts: introduction, plot, conclusion.


 * __Descriptive__****:** A descriptive text is a text that wants you to //picture// what it is describing. A novel might want you to //imagine// the characters and see them in your mind. A travel book will want you to //see// the country it is describing.


 * __Argumentative__****:** It is based on the evaluation and judgement in answer to a problem. It refers to the reasons advanced for or against a matter.


 * __Expository__****:** It aims at an explanation of facts.


 * __Conversational__****:** It shows the verbal interaction among people.