Week 4: Text Types

Texts are written for a variety of purposes, using different forms and standards of composition. These forms of writing are known as text types. Broadly speaking, there are two main text types, literary and non-literary. Within these are many more narrowly defined text types. Non-literary text types include such types as factual description, recount, or persuasive. Literary text types include such types as poetry, narrative or personal response. Stylistics-II deals with non-literary texts, so the concept will be introduced to the students to make them distinguish between variou types of texts.

 

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