English (Factual Text Type) Flashcards
A piece of written or spoken material in its primary form
A text
Two main categories in a tect
Factual and literary texts
Aim to inform, instruct or persuade using facts and information
Factual texts
Inted to entertain, enlighten or elicit emotion by the creative use of language structure
Literary texts
Provide facts in a way that is educational and purposeful to explain some natural or sociocultural phenomena
Expository text
Is a fact-based that gets to the point quickly and efficiently with the goal of exposing the truth through a reliable source
Expository text
Examples are text books, news articles, language books and the likes
Expository text
A stretch of language that can be understand in context
A text
Any sequence of sentence that belong together conveying a thought
A text
Delivering a context rather than form
A text
A non-fiction text which gives instructions on how to complete the task
Instructional text
Give the steps to follow such as the words to indicate sequences of actions, the use of imperatives, and conditional/purpose adjuncts
Instructional text
Has the key function or communicative goal to inform readers or listeners or viewers about happenings of the day that are observed newsworthy or relevant.
News item
Usually focuses on describing a single location, object, event, person or place
Descriptive text
Aims to engage the readers evoking from their five senses to understand the text better
Descriptive text
A kind of text with a purpose to give information
Descriptive text
A text where the main purpose is to prevent a point of view and seek to persuade a reader
Persuasive text
Is organized to include a statement of positions, arguements and reinforcement of position statement
Persuasive text
The statement of position expresses an overview of the arguement and reveals the position to be argued
Persuasive text
The arguments are a series of points with supporting evidence. Here, the writer tries to convince the reader into believing his/her point of view on a particular issue. There should be atleast three main argument points
Persuasive text
A type of text that presents arguments about both sides of an issue
Argumentative text
It could be that both sides are presented equally balanced, or it could be that one side is presented more forcefully that the other. It all depends on the writer, what sides she/he supports the most
Argumentative text
A good argumentative essay will use facts and evidence to present the arguement, rather than just the authors thoughts and opinions
Argumentative text
A good argumentative essay will use facts and evidence to present the arguement, rather than just the authors thoughts and opinions
Argumentative text
Attention grabber/hook, background information, thesis statement
Introduction
Three body paragraphs (three major arguements
Body
An argument to refute earlier arguments and give weight to the actual positions
Counterargument
Rephrasing the thesis statement, major points, call to attention/concluding remarks
Conclusion
An issue that has been acknowledged by a community as a problem
Social issue
Something that prohibits a society from performing at its best
Social issue
A condition of common in the society caused by need, suffering, abandonment/injustice
Social issue
