Types of Text in English for High Schools

FreeEnglishCourse.Info – How many text types do students of high schools know? Text can be classified into several types. The term of ‘type’ is sometime stated as ‘genre’. These types of text are:

Narrative, Report, Analytical Exposition, Procedure, Recount, Spoof, Anecdote, Discussion, Description, Explanation, Review, Hortatory, News Item

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The 13 kinds of text are known in many high schools. This classification on types of text are based on analysis of three main elements of text. These elements are:

• The purpose of the text; why is the text made?, what is text made for by its writer
• The generic structure of the text; analyzing the used structure in composing the text, in what way is the text constructed by its writer.
• The language feature; taking a look at the linguistic characterizations of the text, what kind of language feature is used to build the text by its writer.

However, a text is not pure form. It is a mixture of genre. In many examples, report text is sometime mixed with explanation text. Recount text is compromised to report or descriptive type. Texts do not always conform perfectly to the typical classifications. Understanding types of text should be aimed as understanding general guiding principles. Studying types of text should be read as studying genres, and not for a factual direction in writing a text.