The Types/ Genres of Texts
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 Types/ Genres of Texts
| No | Types of Text | About | Purpose | Generic Structure |
| 1 |
story: fairy tale, legend, fable, myth, mystery, romance, horror, science fiction, etc. |
to amuse, entertain the readers |
orientation-evaluation-complication-resolution-reorientation |
|
| 2 |
personal experience, diary, history, biography, autobiography |
to tell the past event |
orientation-event-reorientation |
|
| 3 |
funny story |
to tell humorous story with twist |
orientation-event-twist |
|
| 4 |
news |
to inform listeners or readers about events of the day considered important |
newsworthy events-background-sources |
|
| 5 |
specific description |
to describe a particular person, place or thing |
identification-description |
|
| 6 |
general description |
to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena |
general classification-description |
|
| 7 |
the process |
to explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural phenomena |
general statement-explanation |
|
| 8 |
the ways or steps |
to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps |
goal-material-steps |
|
| 9 |
opinion with reiteration |
to persuade the readers that something is the case |
thesis-argument-reiteration |
|
| 10 |
opinion with recommendation (should/not or must/not) |
to persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case |
thesis-argument-recommendation |
|
| 11 |
opinion with for or against arguments |
to present at least two points of views about an issue |
issue-arguments for and against-conclusion |
|
| 12 |
opinion about art work, film, book, song, exhibition, etc. |
to criticize an art work or event |
orientation-interpretative recount-evaluation-summation |
