Text types in English

There two types of category of text types which students must be competent in using-
Literary text types and factual text types. Every text type has structural and language
features. An outline is provided below:

Text Type Purpose Structural Features Language Features

Noun groups to
Orientation
To entertain, amuse or describe characters
Narrative complication series of
instruct and settings time
events coda
words Action verbs
Technical language,
General statement
Report To classify and/or describe simple present tense,
Description
Generalised Terms
Descriptive language,
past tense, Time
To retell a series of Orientation sequence words to connect
Recount
events of events events, Words which
tell us where, when,
with whom, how
Verbs usually at the
beginning of each
To instruct someone how Goal material or instruction Words or
Procedure
to do something equipment steps groups of words which
tell us how, when,
where, with whom
Technical language
Phenomenon Use of words such as
To explain how or why
Explanation identification because, as a result, to
something occurs
Explanation sequence establish cause and
effect sequences
Words that qualify, eg
Thesis Arguments usually, probably Words
To persuade by arguing
Exposition Reinforcement of that link arguments eg
one side of an issue
thesis firstly, on the other
hand

Context of artistic
Words which express
to respond to an artistic work Description
Response judgements Descriptive
work of artistic work
language
Judgement

Source: http://www.grchurstville.bmcc.education.nsw.gov.au/english_text_types.htm