Text Types Quiz

The following items are all about Text Types. Please read and answer these carefully.

Writing is done for a number of different purposes and for different audiences.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Factual texts inform, instruct or persuade by giving facts and information.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Literary texts inform or elicit a formal response by using language to create mental images.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This factual text gives instructions on how to make or do something.

• Factual Description

• Factual Recount

• Information Report

• Explanation

This type of text classifies, describes, and gives factual information about people, animals, things or phenomena.

• Factual Description

• Factual Recount

• Information Report

• Explanation

Systematically describes different aspects of the subject -- Which Text Type given below has this feature?

• Factual Description

• Factual Recount

• Information Report

• Explanation

These are factual text types that give a point of view. They are used to influence or persuade others.

• Exposition

• Persuasive Texts

• Discussion

• Literary Description

A literary text type that describes people, characters, places, events, and things in an imaginative way.

• Exposition

• Persuasive Texts

• Discussion

• Literary Description

A text type that gives different points of view in order to make an informed decision.

• Exposition

• Persuasive Texts

• Discussion

• Literary Description

Gives a personal opinion on a novel, play, or film, referring to parts within the passage. What text type is this?

• Personal Response

• Narrative

• Exposition

• Recount