Genre of Text

At the very first stage of this posting, I would like to post my first university task a couple of years ago, hope this post will help you all who read it. 

This is about the genre of text, many kinds of text exist in this world, and all of them are classified into this genre. 

Now get ready for the first destination, tighten your seat belt, and 3......2........1....................................

Text Type

No	Genre Text	Social Function/ Purpose	Generic Structure	Language Feature/ Lexicogrammatical Feature Linguistic feature
1	Recount	To retell past events for the purpose of informing or entertaining	Generic Structure : Orientation Sequence of events Re-orientation	Language Features: •         Focus on Specific Participants •         Use of Material Processes •         Circumstance of time and place •         Use of past tense •         Focus on Temporal Sequence
2	Narrative	To amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways; Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.	Generic Structure : Orientation Complication  Resolution	Language Features : n  Focus on specific and usually individualized Participants. n  Use of Material Processes (or Behavioral and Verbal Processes). n  Use of Relational Processes and Mental Processes. n  Use of temporal conjunction and temporal circumstances. n  Use of past tense
3	Spoof	To retell a past event with a humorous twist	Generic Structure : Orientation Sequence of events Twist	Language Features :       Focus on Individual Participants       Use of Material Processes       Circumstance of time and place       Use of past tense
4	Anecdote	To share with others an account of an unusual or amusing incident	Generic Structure : Abstract Orientation Crisis Incident Coda	Language Features : u Use of Exclamation, rhetorical question and intensifiers u Use of Material Processes to tell what happened u Use of temporal conjunction
5	Description	To describe a particular person, place or thing	Generic Structure : Identification Description	Language Features : ü  Focus on Specific Participants ü  Use of Attributive and Identifying Processes. ü  Frequent use of classifiers in nominal groups. ü  Use of simple present tense
6	Report	To describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena in our environment	Generic Structure : General Classification Description	Language Features : v  Focus on Generic participants v  Use of Relational Processes to state what is and that which it is v  Use of simple present tense v  No temporal sequence
7	Text Procedure	To describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps	Generic Structure : Goal Material Steps	Language Features : •         Focus on generalized human agents •         Use of simple present tense, often imperative •         Use mainly of temporal conjunctions (or numbering to indicate sequence) •         Use mainly of Material Processes
8	Analytical Exposition	To persuade the reader or listener that something is the case	Generic Structure : Thesis Arguments Conclusion	Language Features: u Focus on generic human or non-human Participants u Use of simple present tense u Use of Relational Processes u Use of internal conjunction to stage argument u Reasoning through Causal Conjunction or nominalization
9	Explanation	To explain the processes involved in the formation or workings of natural or socio-cultural phenomena	Generic Structure : General  Statement Sequence of Explanation	Language Features : Þ    Focus on generic, non-human Participants Þ    Use mainly of Material and Relational Processes Þ    Use of temporal and casual Circumstance and conjunctions Þ    Use of simple present tense Þ    Some use of Passive Voice to get Theme right
10	Hortatory Exposition	To persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the case.	Generic Structure : Thesis Arguments Recommendation	Language Features : ·         Focus on generic human and generic non-human Participants ·         Use of Material Processes:        e.g. has produced, have developed, to feed ·         Use of Relational Processes:        e.g. is, could have, cause, are ·         Use of Mental Processes:        e.g. feel ·         Use of Comparative: contrastive and Consequential conjunction
11	Review	To critique an art work or event for a public audience Such works of art include movies, TV shows, books, plays, operas, recordings, exhibitions, concerts and ballets	Generic Structure : Orientation Evaluation Interpretative Recount Evaluation Evaluative Summation	Language Features : ►   Focus on Particular Participants ►   Direct expression of opinions through use of attitudinal lexis ►   Use of elaborating and extending clause and group complexes to package the information ►   Use of metaphorical language
12	Discussion	To present  (at last) two point of view about an issue	Generic Structure : Issue Argument For Point  Elaboration Argument Againts Point Elaboration Conclusion	Language Features : Reasoning expressed as verbs and noun (abstraction) ·         Focus on generic human and non-human Participants, except for speaker or writer referring to self ·         Use of  Mental Processes: to state what writer thinks or feels about issue      (e.g. realize, feel, appreciate) ·         Use of  Material Processes: to state what happens e.g. is polluting, travel, spend, should be treated ·         Use of  Relational Processes: to state what is or should be             (e.g. doesn’t seem to have been, is) ·         Use of simple present tense
13	News Item	To inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day are considered newsworthy or important	Generic Structure : Newsworthy Event Background Event Source	Language Features : v  Short, telegraphic information about story captured in head line. v  Use of Material Processes to retell the event v  Use of projecting Verbal Processes in sources stage. v  Focus on Circumstances