Genre

NARRATIVE

Generic Structure:

Orientation: sets the scene and introduces the participants. 

Evaluation: a stepping back to evaluate the plight. 

Complication: a crisis arises. 

Resolution: the crisis is resolved for better or for worse. 

Re-orientation: optional. 

Communication purpose:

To amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. It deals eith problenatic events which kead to a crisis or turning point if sone kinds, which in turn finds a resolution. 

RECOUNT

Generic Structure:

Orientation: provides the setting and introduces participants. 

Event: tell what happened, in what sequence. 

Re-orientation: optional-closure of events. 

Communicative purpose:

To retell events for the purpose on informing ir entertaining. 

PROCEDURE

Generic structure: 

Goal. 

Materials: not required for all procedursl texts. 

Steps: (goal followed by a series of steps oriented to schieve the goal). 

Communicative purpose: 

To describe something us accomplished ghrough a sequence of actions or steps 

DESCRIPTION

Generic structure:

Identification: identifies phenomenon to be described. 

Desctiption: describe oarts, wualities, characteristics. 

Communicative purpose:

To describe a oarticular petson, place or thing. 

REPORT

Generic structure:

Generic structure:

General Classification: tells what gge phenomenon under discussion is. 

Description: tells what tge phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of (1) parts, (2) qualities, (3) habits or behaviors, if living: uses if non-natural. 

Communicative purpose:

To describe tge way things ate, with reference to a range if natural, msn-mad and social phenomena in our environment. 

NEWS ITEMS

Generic structure:

Newseorthy event(s) : resources the event in summary form. 

Background events: elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances. 

Sources: comments by participants in, eitness to snd authorities expert on the events. 

Communicative purpose:

To inform readers, lustebers, or viewers about events of the dat which are condidered newswothy or important. 

ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

Generic structure:

Thesis: deals with position and preview. Position introduces topic and indicates writer's position. Preview outline s the main arguments to be presented.

Arguments: deals with point and elavoration. Point restates main arguments outlined in preview. Elaboration develooed and supports each point ir argument. 

Reiteration: restates writer's position. 

Communicative purpose:

To persuade the readers ir listeners that something is the case 

Hortatory Exposition

Generic structure:

Thesis: anniuncements of issue concern. 

Arguments: reasibs for concern, leading to recommendation. 

Recommendation: statement of what ought or not to happen. 

Communicative purpose:

To persuade the readers or listeners  that something should or should not be the case 

SPOOF

Generic structure:

Orientation: introducss who were involved, ehen and where was happened. 

Event(s): tell what happened in a cronological order. 

Twist: provides the unpredictable and funniest part of the story. 

Communicative purpose: 

To entertain readers or tell an event with a humorious twist (unpredictable-funny ending).

DISCUSSION

Generic structure:

Issue: deals with statement and preview. 

Arguments for and against or statement of differing point if view (point and elaboration) 

Conclusion ir recommendation. 

Communicative purpose:

To present (at least) twi point of view about an issue. 

EXPLANATION

Generic structure:

A geberal statement to position the reader. 

A sequenced explanation of why or how something occurs. 

Communicative purpose:

To explain the processess involved in the formation or workings of natural or socio-cultural phenomena. 

REVIEW

Generic structure: 

Orientation: places the work in its general and particukar context, often by comparing it with others of its kind or througg analogue with a non-art object or event. 

Interpretative recount: summaries the plot and/ or provides an account of how the reviewed  rendition of the work came into being in optional, but if present, often recursive. 

Evaluation: provide an evaluation of the work and/or its performce or production, is usually recursive. 

Evaluative summation: provides a kind of punch line which sums up the reviewer's as a whole, is optional. 

Communicative purpose:

To critique an art work, event for a public, audience, such works of art include movies, TV shows, books, plays, operas, recordings, concerts, and ballets.