Understanding text types (review)

What does TAP stand for?

When you read for example an advertisement, an email from a friend or a research article the text features used in each one are very different.

What are some of these text features?

• the kind of words and phrases used in the text

• the way the text is structured

• the writing style

• the type of font used

• the word count

Why are these text features so important when reading and writing in English?

• It helps you understand the purpose of the text.

• It helps you locate information you are searching for more easily, because you will be familiar with how different texts are structured.

• It helps you develop a shared understanding about how to communicate effectively in different situations.

• It helps you construct similar texts yourself using appropriate language and structure

What is the purpose of recount?

• To instruct the reader how to make or do something

• To relate past experiences or events, either real or imagined

• To help the reader create a picture of scenes, events, people, etc.

What is the purpose of a descriptive piece of writing?

• To help the reader create a picture of scenes, events, people, etc.

• To explore more than one side of an issue/To inform and persuade

• To show how things work and why things happen

What is the purpose of an explanation?

• To show how things work and why things happen

• To entertain through telling a story

• To relate past experiences or events, either real or imagined

• To instruct the reader how to make or do something

What is the purpose of a narrative piece of writing?

• To entertain through telling a story

• To explore more than one side of an issue/To inform and persuade

• To present a record of information after careful observation and analysis

What is the purpose of an instructional piece of writing?

• To instruct the reader how to make or do something

• To persuade the reader to agree with the writer’s position/opinion

• To help the reader create a picture of scenes, events, people, etc.

What is the purpose of a report?

• To present a record of information after careful observation and analysis

• To persuade the reader to agree with the writer’s position/opinion

Identify the text type for the text below:

The nervous system works through a complex network of neurons. These are the basic functioning cells of the nervous system and conduct electrical impulses between the central and peripheral nervous system.

• explanatory

• descriptive

• argumentative

• instructional

• narrative