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Type	Purpose	Generic Structure	Dominant Language Features
NARRATIVE	To amuse/entertain the readers and to tell a story	1. Orientation 2. Evaluation 3. Complication 4. Resolution 5. Reorientation	1. Using Past Tense 2. Using action verb 3. Chronologically arranged
RECOUNT	to retell something that happened in the past and to tell a series of past event	1. Orientation 2. Event(s) 3. Reorientation	1. Using Past Tense 2. Using action verb 3. Using adjectives
DESCRIPTIVE	to describe a particular person, place or thing in detail.	1. General statement 2. Explanation 3. Closing	1. Using Simple Present Tense 2. Using action verbs 3. Using passive voice 4. Using noun phrase 5. Using adverbial phrase 6. Using technical terms 7. Using general and abstract noun 8. Using conjunction of time and cause-effect.
REPORT	to presents information about something, as it is	1. General classification 2. Description	1. Introducing group or general aspect 2. Using conditional logical connection 3. Using Simple Present Tense
EXPLANATION	To explain the processes involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural phenomena	1. Identification 2. Description	1. Using Simple Present Tense 2. Using action verb 3. Using adverb 4. Using special technical terms
ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION	To reveal the readers that something is the important case ""How is/will"	1. Thesis 2. Arguments 3. Reiteration/Conclusion	1. Using modals 2. Using action verbs 3. Using thinking verbs 4. Using adverbs 5. Using adjective 6. Using technical terms 7. Using general and abstract noun 8. Using connectives/transition
HORTATORY EXPOSITION	to persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case or be done "How should"	1. Thesis 2. Arguments 3. Recommendation	1. Using Simple Present Tense 2. Using modals 3. Using action verbs 4. Using thinking verbs 5. Using adverbs 6. Using adjective 7. Using technical terms 8. Using general and abstract noun 9. Using connectives/transition
PROCEDURE	to help readers how to do or make something completely	1. Goal/Aim 2. Materials/Equipments 3. Steps/Methods	1. Using Simple Present Tense 2. Using Imperatives sentence 3. Using adverb 4. Using technical terms
DISCUSSION	to present information and opinions about issues in more one side of an issue (‘For/Pros’ and ‘Against/Cons’)	1. Issue 2. Arguments for and against 3. Conclusion	1. Using Simple Present Tense 2. Use of relating verb/to be 3. Using linking verb 4. Using general and abstract noun 5. Using conjunction/transition 6. Using modality 7. Using adverb of manner
REVIEW	to critique or evaluate an art work or event for a public audience	1. Orientation 2. Evaluation 3. Interpretative Recount 4. Evaluation 5. Evaluative Summation	1. Focus on specific participants 2. Using adjectives 3. Using long and complex clauses 4. Using metaphor
ANECDOTE	to share with others an account of an unusual or amusing incident	1. Abstract 2. Orientation 3. Crisis 4. Reaction 5. Coda.	1. Using exclamations, rhetorical question or intensifiers 2. Using material process 3. Using temporal conjunctions
SPOOF	to tell an event with a humorous twist and entertain the readers	1. Orientation 2. Event(s) 3. Twist	1. Using Past Tense 2. Using action verb 3. Using adverb 4. Chronologically arranged
NEWS ITEM	to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important	1. Newsworthy event(s) 2. Background event(s) 3. Sources	1. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline 2. Using action verbs 3. Using saying verbs 4. Using adverbs : time,