TAP in non-fiction texts

What is a non-fiction text?

• It is a text based on facts.

• It is a text based on imagined things.

Select the text types that does NOT fall in the non-fiction category.

• newspaper articles

• A cause & effect essay

• science fiction stories

• letters

• diaries

It is very important to think about TAP when looking at a non-fiction text.

T stands for text type.

A stands for audience.

What does the P stand for?

A text can have many purposes. What is the purpose here: to make the reader enjoy reading.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• advise

• instruct

A text can have many purposes. What is the purpose here: to change a reader’s opinion.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• advise

• instruct

A text can have many purposes. What is the purpose here: to help people decide what to do.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• advise

• instruct

A text can have many purposes. What is the purpose here: to make clear why or how something works.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• advise

• instruct

A text can have many purposes. What is the purpose here: to tell a reader about something.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• advise

• instruct

What purpose of a news article showing a particular opinion towards a topic, eg animal testing.

What is purpose this book was written: "The book you wish your parents had read (and your children will be glad that you did)"?