Text Types Opinion Informative Narrative is sometimes called argument persuasive debate claim thesis position response essay is sometimes called explanatory expository research essay summary synopsis newspaper recount FEATURES • • • • • • • • tries to persuade has a claim includes your opinion gives evidence (reasons) provides commentary can use statistics, expert opinion, research by experts, and anecdotes can include in-text citations or a bibliography usually in paragraph(s) with Features is sometimes called story literature prose play descriptive sequence fiction fantasy report cause and effect biography autobiography memoir FEATURES • • • • • • • • tries to inform gives facts explains something informs about a topic in book form: can include table of contents, index, glossary, titles, subtitles, pictures, bold print can use statistics includes in-text citations or a bibliography usually in paragraph(s) Poetry is sometimes called realistic fiction science fiction historical fiction fairy tale tall tale myth legend folktale poem verse song limerick ballad sonnet haiku free verse FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • tries to entertain usually has a setting has characters can include figures of speech has a plot usually has conflict uses descriptive words usually uses chronological order usually in paragraph(s) has a beginning, middle, and end This is definitely opinion writing if it includes: This is definitely informative writing if it includes: This is definitely narrative writing if it includes: an opinion (claim) evidence persuasion bias information without bias an explanation of something a story a beginning, middle, and end blank verse epic cinquain concrete FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • • • recognizable shape tries to entertain includes lines (of poetry) can rhyme and have meter can have a setting can have characters can include figures of speech can have a plot can have conflict uses descriptive words usually has a theme can include stanzas This is definitely poetry if it includes: looks like a poem not in paragraph form rhymes poet’s license (breaks rules)
