2.3 Unfamiliar text: recap of text types

What do we expect the purpose of Non-Fiction to be?

• To inform, persuade and entertain.

• To describe, evoke feelings, change the reader's mind, comment on the world.

• To entertain and explore an idea.

• To make me bored.

What do we expect the purpose of Fiction to be?

• To inform, persuade and entertain.

• To describe, evoke feelings, change the reader's mind, comment on the world.

• To entertain and explore an idea.

• To show new characters.

What do we expect the purpose of Poetry to be?

• To inform, persuade and entertain.

• To describe, evoke feelings, change the reader's mind, comment on the world.

• To entertain and explore an idea.

• To make me confused.

What should we expect in fiction?

• Strong imagery

• Dialogue

• Repetition of structure and/or ideas

• Characters

• Structure (orientation, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).

What should we expect in Poetry?

• Characters

• Structure in Stanzas

• Creative punctuation and line breaks

• Strong imagery

• Tell "true" stories

What do we expect in Non-Fiction?

• A clear structure.

• Repetition of structure and/or ideas.

• Facts.

• Tell "true" stories.

• Teach us a lesson or give us a clear message.

What type of language is a feature used to sound authoritative?

(a)  

Which type of text do you feel most comfortable analysing?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Poetry

Which language features would we most commonly expect to see in formal writing?

• Rhetorical Questions

• Imperatives

• Sound devices

• Caesura

• Repetition

Which language features would we most commonly expect to see in fiction?

• Personification

• Similes

• Adjectives

• Minor and simple sentences

• Imagery