Literary Types

Picture books, fables, plays, movies, drama series, and myths are some examples of narrative texts.

Books and poems are examples of literary texts

The story "Fun at the Zoo" is an example of a recount text.

A recount text begins with background information such as character, time, and place.

Books such as the Harry Potter series are examples of descriptive text.

A descriptive text includes an explanation of a character or setting within a story.

Literary texts are written materials with the purpose to entertain or tell a story.

Descriptive texts explain the characteristic features of the subject such as behavior or physical behavior.

Recount texts describe people, places, events, and things in an imaginative way.

Narrative texts retell events from films, plays, or personal experiences to entertain others.