Exposition (argument) English: Purpose: to present or justify a point of view a letter to the editor arguing for Focus: argument for one position/persuasion improved public transport Explanation Science: Purpose: to explain phenomena Explanation of the water cycle Focus: general things, explains how or why events Arts: happen Explaining/interpreting a painting Description English: Purpose: to describe the appearance or the Description of a scene constituents of something geography Description of the earth’s crust Multiple texts combining mixtures of the above All domains: texttypes For example an informative report on the earth’s crust Purpose: these texts will have two or more may move from a description of the purposes. composition of the earth’s crust to an explanation of At secondary level most factual texts involve how tectonic plates move mixtures of text-types Summary and/or note-form All domains: Purpose: to reflect the main points of an article in Notes taken on a topic under investigation, summary of a quickly accessible form a newspaper article Diary and or journal English, History Purpose: to record experiences, impressions, Diary of a key historical figure, diary of a fictitious ideas, or to inform. May be for self or for future character, personal diary wider audience Poem English: Purpose: to entertain, to share experiences, Haiku poems, poems using the letters of a student’s reflections, and emotions name Letter Arts: Purpose (for expository letters see exposition Letter from Van Gogh to his brother Theo above): History: Personal: to share experiences and information, to Letter from a convict to his sister in maintain relationships
Exposition (argument) Purpose: to present or justify a point of view Focus: argument for one position/persuasion English: a letter to the editor arguing for improved public transport Explanation Purpose: to explain phenomena Focus: general things, explains how or why events happen Science: Explanation of the water cycle Arts: Explaining/interpreting a painting Description Purpose: to describe the appearance or the constituents of something English: Description of a scene geography Description of the earth’s crust Multiple texts combining mixtures of the above texttypes Purpose: these texts will have two or more purposes. At secondary level most factual texts involve mixtures of text-types All domains: For example an informative report on the earth’s crust may move from a description of the composition of the earth’s crust to an explanation of how tectonic plates move Summary and/or note-form Purpose: to reflect the main points of an article in a quickly accessible form All domains: Notes taken on a topic under investigation, summary of a newspaper article Diary and or journal Purpose: to record experiences, impressions, ideas, or to inform. May be for self or for future wider audience English, History Diary of a key historical figure, diary of a fictitious character, personal diary Poem Purpose: to entertain, to share experiences, reflections, and emotions English: Haiku poems, poems using the letters of a student’s name Letter Purpose (for expository letters see exposition above): Personal: to share experiences and information, to maintain relationships Arts: Letter from Van Gogh to his brother Theo History: Letter from a convict to his sister in
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