ARTURO MICHELENA UNIVERSITY

HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ART AND LETTERS

MODERN LANGUAGES SCHOOL

CLASSIFICATION OF THE TEXT

FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION

5th Semester
Section 2

August

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DISCOURSE

the way the vocabulary,

tone and syntax are used

the rhetorical patterns,

organization of the information,
and a purpose

Scientific

Narrative

Literary

Descriptive

Colloquial

Expository

Academic

Argumentative

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Definition
Classification
Process
Comparison/Contras
t

Cause/ Effect

DISCOURSE

the rhetorical patterns,

organization of the information,
and a purpose

Narrative
Descriptive
Expository
Argumentative

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Text with Scientific

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Scientific writing follows these conventions:

Features
Use Active Voice
Speak in first person
Use present and past
tense
It is concise
Use Specialized
languages and terms
It is objective
It avoids direct quotes
and complete
sentences
It is often illustrated
with figures

Audience
Experts and a specific
audience that can
understand the
terminology

Examples
Bibliographies
Scientific magazines
and books
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias

Text with Literary Register

Literary writing follows these conventions:

Features

Figurative
language
the words are
carefully chosen
for their sound
(tone and
rhythm)
Descriptive
qualities.

Audience

To entertain or
inform adults,
children and
teenagers

Examples

Books
Poems

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Colloquial writing follows these conventions:

Features

Contains
informal
language.
Use
contractions,
Idioms,
interjections,
abbreviations.

Audience

Everybody
(Daily use).

Examples

E-mails
Letters
Chats

Text with Academic

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Academic writing follows these conventions:

Features

Formal
Vocabulary
Complete
and complex
sentences
Longer words
References

Audience

Students
Professors
Researchers

Examples

Essays
Reports
Articles

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Text with Narrative

Discourse

Narrative writing follows these conventions:

Features
Elements are
characters,
actions, a
setting and a
narrator
Use Specialized
languages and
Usually the
content is fiction
Verbs are
usually in past
tense
Actions are
organized
chronologically

Purpose

Tell a
story or
entertain

Audience

Adults
Children
Teenagers

Examples

Novels,
Short
Stories
Scripts
Plays
Folk Tales

Text with Descriptive

Discourse

Descriptive writing follows these conventions:

Features
Use similes,
metaphors,
hyperboles,
symbolism
and

personification

to create
mental
images
Adjectives,
adverbs and
verbs

Purpose

To give

characteristic
s of people,

places,
objects,
phenomena,
etc.

Audience

All type

Examples

Poems
Lab Reports
Brochures

Text with Expository

Discourse

Expository writing follows these conventions:

Features

Objective
Precise
vocabulary
Include a
topic
sentence,
supporting
ideas and a
conclusion.
it is objective
writing.

Purpose

explain
facts,
phenomen
a or
concepts

Audience

Adults
Children
Teenager
s

Examples

Guidebooks
Articles
Abstracts
Essays
Reports
Manuals

Text with Expository

Discourse
Definition

Classification

Expository

Process

Comparison/Contrast

Cause/Effect

Text with Argumentative

Discourse

rgumentative writing follows these conventions:

Features

Purpose

Opinion
Use statistics,
examples,
researches,
quotes,
opinions of
experts, etc.
Ends with a
strong
conclusion

To persuade

Audience

Examples

Depends
of the
context

letters to
editors
editorials,
advice
columns
essays,
pamphlets