Genre forms, text features and structures Introduction to Reading, Writing and Thinking Processes and Strategies Across Text Types

Targets for this session Classify different texts according to types, genre and genre form. Recognize the generic features and structures of specific texts.

Defining Genre The term genre has been ordinarily regarded as a literary or artistic category.

Main Literary Genres Genre Prose Poetry Drama

Prose is writing that is similar to everyday speech and language Prose is writing that is similar to everyday speech and language. Its form is based on sentences and paragraphs. Fiction Non- fiction A prose narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the writer. Examples: novels, novellas, short stories, myths, legends, fables and folktales Characterized as being real, at least to some degree. Examples: biographies, essays, autobiographies

Poetry consists of language with a strong musical quality in which the words are highly charged with meaning. They also use structural elements such as line length and stanzas. Lyric poems are highly musical verses that express observations and feelings of a single speaker. Narrative poems are poems that tell a story. Epics are long narrative poems, written in dignified style, that celebrate the adventures and achievements of one or more heroic figures of legend, history, or religion. Ballads are songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance. Free verse is poetry not written in regular rhythmical pattern, or meter. Sonnets are a form of rhyming lyric poetry with fourteen lines that follow an iambic pentameter rhyme scheme; each line has ten syllables and every other syllable is accented. Haiku is a special type of poetry from Japan, consists of seventeen syllables arranged in three lines, five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in third.

Drama is a story told in dialogue by performers before an audience Drama is a story told in dialogue by performers before an audience. It includes television and radio plays, and even movies. In drama, actors make a world come alive before an audience. Like fiction, the elements of drama include character, setting, theme and plot. Forms of Drama Comedy is a type of drama that has humorous and has a happy ending. Tragedy is a drama form in which the character, often a person of dignified or heroic stature, suffers a downfall. The downfall may result from outside forces of from a tragic flaw, a weakness within the character. A melodrama is a drama form that is full of exciting events and in which the characters and emotions seem to be too exaggerated to be real. A farce is a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situations and events. A historical drama is a play that takes place in the past and is based on real events. In many of these plays, the characters are also based on real historical figures. The dialogue and action, however, are mostly created by the playwright.

Defining Texts Origin and Etymology of text Middle English, from Anglo-French tiste, texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin, texture, context, from texere to weave First Known Use: 14th century Wide range of definition Depends on the field or area it is associated Provides content, context and texture

Types of Text Text Types Literary Informational

Literary Texts Short stories Novels Poems Drama Biographies Essays Autobiographies

Informational Texts provide factual information. Consumer documents are printed materials that accompany products and services. They usually provide information about the use, care, operation, or assembly of the product or service they accompany. Public documents are documents written for the public to provide information that is of public interest or concern. Workplace documents are materials that are produced or used within a workplace. Their purpose is to aid in the functioning of a business. Academic texts like textbooks are materials used in school. Their purpose is to provide information needed to educate the students. Journalistic texts like newspaper articles provide readers with timely news, opinions and advertisements

Consumer Documents Applications Contracts Warranties Manuals Instructions Labels Brochures Schedules

Public Documents Government documents Speeches Signs Rules and Regulations Posters

Workplace documents Manuals Memos Reports Proposals Action Plan

Academic Texts Thesis Journal Articles Encyclopedias Research Reports Test Papers

Journalistic Texts Newspaper Magazine Websites of Media Orgs Surveys/ Polls Social Media Accounts

Text Features are design elements of a text that indicate its organizational structure or make its key ideas and information understandable. Text structures are patterns of organization or development writers use in organizing their writing for a specific purpose. The Universe of Texts

Small Group Work (SGW) Examine the sample text to deduce the different text features. Analyze also the text structure.

Types of Text Features Text features Body (Meat) Signposts Headings /subheadings Boldface and Italic Type Graphic Aids or Organizers Photos Illustrations Bulleted and numbered lists, outline Questions Caption

Types of Organizational Patterns Text Structures Cause-effect Compare and contrast Sequence/ Time Main Idea and Details Spatial Order Problem- Solution

Point for Reflective Thinking: Freedom abounds with the limitless number of texts around us. Is this good or bad?

Assignment: Reflection Log No. 1 Freedom abounds with the limitless number of texts around us. Is this good or bad? Expound on the statement by discussing two important issues that may be sourced out from the said statement. Employ the skillful use of various text structures. Presentation of outputs is due for the next session.