factual text

• Factual texts present objective and verifiable information with the aim of informing or educating the reader.
• Literary texts are compositions with aesthetic or artistic value
• genre is a text with observable patterns help readers from generalizations about reading materials
• genre is. french word for kind or sort
• fictions are short story, novel, novella
• non-fiction are essay, biography, diary
• three types of poetry are lyric, narrative, dramatic
• lyric consist of simple lyric, song, sonnet, ode, elegy
• narrative are ballad, epic, metrical tale, metrical romance
• dramatic are dramatic monolouge, soliloquy, and character sketch
• 1. procedure - how
  2. explanation - why
  3. exposition - 2 sides
  4. recount - chronology of events
  5. info report - what is
• form of prose is writtn in sentences and paragraphs
• form style uses simple everyday speech
• poetry form written in lines and stanzas
• style uses rhythmicqualities of language and aesthetics
• procedure shows a process in stages
• procedure tells how things work or how things are done
• transitions of procedure are firs, second, lastly
• explanation answer the questions ”why?”
• explanation provides reasons, explanation to why something exists
• explanation transition are because, as a, result
• exposition present two ideas if an issue or idea
• exposition compares two things, gives the pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages
• exposition transition are similarly, in contrast, compared to
• recount presents even in chronological order
• recount transitions are, first, second, then, next, finally
• info report present factual details
• info report gives definition, description and basic concept of a topic
• info report answer the question on “what something is”
• the purposes of written texts are tell a story, and give information
• there two structure: narrative and expository
• 1. initiating event - problem
  2. internal response - effect
  3. attempt - action
  4. consequence - success or failure
  5. reaction - conclusion
• 1. enumeration - info report
  2. time order - recount
  3. compare and contrast - exposition
  4. cause and effect - explanation
  5. problem solution - proccedure
• 1. introduction - gives the subject of the text
  2. body - provides the sub-topics pertaining to the subject
  3. ending - brings the text to a close
• hypertext refers to any language or text as it used an encoded in any electronical device. world wide web
• online reading is very different from traditional reading
• navigating the maze of hypertexts by mary mcnabb, a research educator
• there are two navigating by mary mcnabb which are, qualities of hypertexts and tips to be done when reading
• online reading is different from traditional reading because it is like a maze; you will get lost if ou don’t knowhow to navigate it
• interactive - the reader takes part in choosing what to read

  • you ask questions
  • you research on words you do not understand as you read the text