TYPES OF TEXTS

WRITING SKILLS:

Types of Texts

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Index

INFORMAL EMAIL

SUMMARY

NARRATIVE

BOOK /FILM REVIEW

FORMAL EMAIL

CURRICULUM VITAE

OPINION ESSAY

ARTICLE

COVERING MAIL

DISCUSSION ESSAY

REPORT

BLOG

NARRATIVE

WAYS

* Paraphrase the title* SHORT summary of the story- WHEN? WHERE? WHO WITH?-

P1- Introduction EXAMPLE

verbs

Details of the story in ORDER.Use past perfect , past simple, past continuous. Use qualifiers

P2- Body EXAMPLE

QUALIFIERS

It summarizes the experience + says how it has affected you- what have you learned- Use present perfect

P3- Conclusion EXAMPLE

P1- Paraphrase title

1. Short 2. It paraphrases the title. 3. A summary of the story 3.1. What , When Where, Who (with).

P2- Details of the story

1. Use connectors. 2.Use past simple. 3. Use past perfect. 4. Use past continuous. 5. Use quantifiers.

P3- Conclusion

1. It summarizes the experience. 2.It says how it has affected you( use present perfect)

VERB TENSES..

PAST PERFECT or continuous

PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

* a past event that happened before another past event ex. By the time I arrived the party had already started

It makes the story advance+ completed actions ex. he walked away, turned around and shot back.

BACKGROUND - decoration of the story ex. It was raining heavily, the wind was blowing...

QUALIFIERS

1. A BIT 2. VERY 3. EXTREMELY 4. REALLY 5. TOTALLY crazy ( adjective) 6. BASICALLY 7. MOSTLY 8. RATHER 9. SLIGHTLY

DIFFERET WAYS TO PARAPHRASE

• Decide what the key information is, for the purposes of your discussion.
• Change the order of the ideas and the words. ...
• Change the word form/grammatical form
• Use synonyms

EXAMPLES: I would never forget the day The most memorable day of my life The weirdes situation I have suffer... Could you have imagine that......

PURPOSE & RESULT

ADJECTIVES