Dialogue Persuasion Argumentation Instruction Interpretation Explanation Exposition Description Narration

• Conversation• Email• Chat• Text messages• Postcard• Letter

A conversation‘Good morning, Miss Thompson,’ Wexford said.‘Mrs Pertwee, if you don’t mind. (…) Jack and I got married very quietly yesterday afternoon.’‘May I be among the first to offer my congratulations?’‘Thanks ver much, I’m sure. We didn’t tell anyone about it, just went off to church quietly by ourselves.’

The best man to die, Ruth Rendell, 1969, adapted.

An email

Chat

Text messages

A postcard

A letter

• Slogan• Proverb• Ad• Speech

A persuasive text triesto encourage you to do something

A slogan [count]: a word or phrase that iseasy to remember and isused by a group orbusiness to attract attention political/campaign

slogansadvertising/marketingslogans

A proverb[count] :a briefpopular saying thatgives advice abouthow people shouldlive or thatexpresses a beliefthat is generallythought to be true.

A speech(…) We cannot walk alone.And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall alwaysmarch ahead. We cannot turn back.(…)We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot voteand a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justicerolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”Martin Luther King, Jr.I Have a Dreamdelivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

AdAn advert is written topersuade you to buysomething.

• Discussion • Debate• Commentary• Editorial

• An argumentative text is a text where different points of view on an issue are presented. A position is stated and then supported with arguments.

• A discussion is a text where two points of view in an issue are bpresented with the arguments to support them.

• Discussion dis·cus·sion noun \di-ˈskə-shən\: the act of talking about something with another person or a group of people : a conversation about something

:a speech or piece of writing that gives information, ideas, opinions, etc., about something

• Debate PrivatisationIs it time for governments to launch a new wave of privatisations?

YES NO Moderator

Bernardo Bortolotti Professor of Economics,University of Turin; Director, Sovereign Investment Lab, Bocconi University

Elliott Sclar Urban Planning Professor and Director, Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia University

Matthew Valencia Special assignments editor

• CommentaryCommentary to the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders: an essential guide to the right to defend human rights

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/CommentarytotheDeclarationonHumanRightsDefenders.aspx

• EditorialEditorial: Rockefeller family, synonymous with oil, turns its back on fossil fuelsThe philanthropic fund’s decision to divest should help further recognition that the climate change threat is real.

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/

• Safety instruction• Safety signs• Guide• Leaflet• Instruction manual

• Safety instructionCheck out these videos posted on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYA_ivyj3kEhttp://youtu.be/DtyfiPIHsIg

And study the written version here:Flight safety instructions

• Safety signs

• GuideBasic information or instructionCheck out this video on tourist-friendly countries:

http://youtu.be/eTN0z3CGprQ

• Leaflet[count]: a printed and oftenfolded sheet of paper that is usually givento people for no cost

• Instruction manuala manual usuallyaccompanying a technicaldevice and explaininghow to install oroperate it

• Review• Essay• Summary• Abstract

• Review

• Essayessay /ɛseɪ/ noun, plural essays [count]: a short piece of writing that tells a person's thoughts or opinions about a subject

Your assignment is to write a 500-word essay on one of Shakespeare's sonnets.The book is a collection of his previously unpublished essays on/about a variety of topics.

• Summarysummary /sʌməri/ noun plural summaries [count]: a brief statement that gives the most important information about somethingHe concluded the report with a brief summary.a chapter/plot summary

They gave a summary of their progress in building the bridge.

• Abstractabstract /æbstrækt/ noun plural abstracts[count]: a brief written statement of the main points or facts in a longer report, speech, etc. : SUMMARY

• Definition• Information Leaflet• Itinerary• Contract• Survey

• An explanation is a text where you present an issue, problem or reality and then explain its causes and consequences, or advantages and disadvantages.

• Definitiondef·i·ni·tion noun \ˌde-fə-ˈni-shən\: an explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, etc. : a statement that defines a word, phrase, etc.: a statement that describes what something is: a clear or perfect example of a person or thing

• Information leaflet

• Itinerarynoun \ī-ˈti-nə-ˌrer-ē, ə-, chiefly British ÷-ˈti-nə-rē\: the places you go to or plan to go to on a journey; also : a document in which the places you will be going to are listed

• Contract1 noun an agreement with specific terms between two or more persons or entities in which there is apromise to do something in return for a valuablebenefit known as consideration.

• Survey• Questionnaire Quiz• Documentary

• Surveysur·vey noun \sər-vā, sər-\: an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something

• Questionnaire/Quizques·tion·naire noun \kwes-chə-ner,ˌwesh-\: a written set of questions that are given to people in order to collect facts or opinions about something

Click here for a daily quiz:http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-daily-quiz

• Documentarydocumentary /dɑkjəmɛntri/ nounplural documentaries [count] : a movie or television program that tells the facts about actual people and events

We watched a documentary on the early history of jazz.A documentary on the history of slavery:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XQkPzKe-PY

• Newspaper Article Headline• Report• Horoscope

• Newspaper Article Headline

• Report1 report /rɪpoɚt/ noun plural reports [count]: a story in a newspaper or on radio or television that is about something that happened or that gives information about something a news/weather/financial report

a special report on/about healtha report from our correspondent in China

• Report2 a : a written or spoken description of a situation, event, etc. She wrote/made a report of the meeting.

He gave a detailed/full report on/about the project.

a medical report

• Report2 b : an official document that gives information about a particular subjectthe government's report on crime in 2006

The company issued/published/released its annual (business) report.

• Report3 : a written or spoken statement about something that may or may not be true Unconfirmed reports state that over 100 people were hurt.

By/from all reports, you are a very hard worker. [=everyone says that you are a very hard worker]

• Horoscopehoroscope /horəskoʊp/ nounplural horoscopes [count]: advice and future predictions based on the date of a person's birth and the positions of the stars and planets

• Short Story Fairy Tale

• Biography Memoir• Diary Travel Narrative

• Short Storyshort story nounplural short stories [count]: a short written story usuallydealing with few characters:a short work of fictionHere’s an example. Click toread it.

• Fairy Talefairy tale noun plural fairy tales [count]: a simple children's story about magical creatures the fairy tale about the sleeping princess— sometimes used figuratively Their marriage is a real-life fairy tale. [=they have a very happy marriage]a fairy-tale romance called also fairy story

• Fairy TaleOnce upon a time... there lived an unhappy young girl. Unhappy she was, for her mother was dead, her father had married another woman, a widow with two daughters, and her stepmother didn't like her one little bit…

• Biographybiography /baɪɑgrəfi/ nounplural biographies [count]: the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person

a new biography of Abraham Lincolnhttp://www.biography.com/people/abraham-lincoln-9382540

• Memoirmemoir /ˈmɛmˌwɑɚ/ noun plural memoirs1 memoirs [plural] : a written account in which someone (such as a famous performer or politician) describes past experiences

a retired politician who is writing his memoirs

• Memoir2 [count] : a written account of someone or something that is usually based on personal knowledge of the subject

He has written a memoir of his mother.a memoir of Hollywood in the 1930s

• Diarydiary /ˈdajəri/ noun plural diaries [count]: a book in which you write down your personal experiences and thoughts each day

His diaries [=journals] were published after his death.She kept a diary [=wrote regularly in her diary] while she was traveling in Europe.

• Travel NarrativeThe genre of travel literature includes outdoor literature, exploration literature, adventure literature, mountain literature, nature writing, and the guide book, as well as accounts of visits to foreign countries.

http://youtu.be/t_SG8PNhbmQ