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NARRATIVE, RECOUNT, SPOOF

Narrative
Social Function: To amuse, entertain, and to deal with actual or vicarious experiences in different ways. Generic Structure: 1. Orientation 2. Complication 3. Resolution 4. Evaluation 5. Reorientation Significant Lexico grammatical Features: 1. A focus on specific usually individualized participants 2. The use of Simple Past 3. The use of temporal conjunction 4. The use of noun phrases

Recount
Social Function : To tell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Generic Structure : 1. Orientation 2. Events 3. Reorientation Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. Use of past tense 2. Focus on temporal sequence 3. Noun and Noun phrases

2. Descriptive, Report Descriptive

Social Function : To describe a particular person, place, or thing. Generic Structure : 1. Identification 2. Description Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. The use Simple Present Tense 2. Focus on Specific Participant

Report
Social Function : To describe the way things are with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomenon in our environment. Generic Structure : 1. General Classification 2. Description Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. Focus on generic participants 2. Use of Present Tense

3. Procedure , explanation

Procedure
Social Function : To describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps Generic Structure : 1. Goals 2. Materials 3. Steps Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. Use of Simple Present Tense often imperative 2. Use mainly of temporal conjunction/connectives 3. Use action verbs

4. Discussion, hortatory, analytical Discussion

Social Function : To present two points of view about an issue. Generic Structure : 1. Issue 2. Arguments 3.Point 4. Elaboration 5. Conclusion or Recommendation Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. General nouns 2. Relating verbs 3. Thinking verbs 4. Additives, contrastives and causal connectives 5. Detailed noun groups 6. Modalities

Hortatory Exposition
Social Function : To persuade reader that something should or should not be the case Generic Structure : 1. Thesis 2. Arguments 3. Statement Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. Use Abstract nouns, Technical verbs, Relating verbs, Action verbs, Thinking verbs 2. Modal adverbs 3. Connectives 4. Simple Present Tense 5. Passive sentence 6. Evaluative language

.Analytical Exposition
Social Function : To persuade the reader or listener that something is the case Generic Structure : 1. Thesis Position 2. Arguments Points 3.Reiteration Significant Lexicogrammatical Features : 1. Use General nouns, Technical verbs, Relating verbs, Thinking verbs 2. Modal adverbs 3. Connectives 4. Evaluative language 5. Passive sentence