Text Forms (AVID Content Literacy)

Stories told in poetry, novels, short stories, or picture books

• Narrative

• Recount

• Explanation

• Report

Magazine and newspaper articles, letters, editorials,

critical reviews, essays, lab reports, or research synopses

• Narrative

• Recount

• Explanation

• Report

Textbooks

• Narrative

• Recount

• Explanation

• Report

First-person accounts such as diaries, journals, short stories, memoirs, or personal narratives

• Narrative

• Recount

• Explanation

• Report

Multimedia texts, email, blogs, websites, webcasts, or social

media communications.

• Procedure

• Exposition

• Electronic Text

• Functional Text

Multimedia texts, email, blogs, websites, webcasts, or social

media communications.

• Essays, position papers, articles, or advertisements

• Exposition

• Electronic Text

• Functional Text

Recipes, rule books, directions and maps, “how to” texts,

experiments, or research designs.

• Procedure

• Exposition

• Electronic Text

• Functional Text

Essays, position papers, articles, or advertisements

• Procedure

• Exposition

• Electronic Text

• Functional Text

Which classes are best suited for Exposition?

• Science

• History

• English

• Math

Which classes are "Procedures" best suited for?

• Science

• Math

• Computer Science

• English