GENRE

KINDS OF TEXT

1.      Narrative

·      Purpose                         : to amuse/entertain

·      Generic Structure         : Orientation – Complication – Resolution

2.      Spoof

·      Purpose                        : to retell an event with humorous twist.

·      Generic Structure        : Orientation – Events – Twist.

3.      Recount

·      Purpose                                    : to tell the readers what happened in the past through a

  sequence of  events.

·      Generic Structure        : Orientation – Events – Re-orientation

4.      Report

·      Purpose                        : to describe the way things.

·      Generic Structure        : General classification – identification

5.      Procedure

·      Purpose                         : to help us do a task or make something. 

 They can be a set of instruction or direction.

  (to describe how something is accomplished)

·      Generic Structure        : Goal – material – steps

6.      Descriptive

·      Purpose                                    : to describe a particular person, things or place.

·      Generic Structure        : Identification – Description

7.      Analytical Exposition

·      Purpose                                    : to persuade by presenting arguments or to analyze or explain.

·      Generic Structure        : A thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

8.      Hortatory Exposition

·      Purpose                : to persuade the reader or to the listener that something should or     should not be the case.

·      Generic Structure        : A thesis – Arguments – Suggestion

9.      News Item

·      Purpose                     : to inform the readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered news everything or important.

·      Generic Structure        : Newsworthy events – Background events – Sources

10.  Explanation

·      Purpose                    : to explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio cultural phenomena. (How and why things happen)

·      Generic Structure        : A general statement – a sequence – explanation closing

11.  Review

·      Purpose                        : to critique or to analyze an art work or event for a public audience.

·      Generic Structure        : Orientation – interpretative recount – Evaluation – Summation

12.  Discussion

·      Purpose                        : to present (at least) many different aspects of an issue

·      Generic Structure        : Issue – Arguments – Conclusion