Literary texts

Some text forms

 Language features

(This is not definitive)

Narrative

Ballads; lyrics; short stories; traditional tales; fairy tales; myths and legends; novels; picture books; play scripts; improvisations

• Orientation; series of complications; resolution 
• First person; third person narrative?
• Description; dialogue
• Figurative language
• Mood; atmosphere
• Characterisation

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Literary description

Sonnets; odes; lyrics; novels

• figurative language
• rhyme; rhythm
• verses

Personal response/Review

Reviews with personal recommendations

Objective reviews of books, films, plays etc.

• Third person analysis
• First person evaluation
• Description
• Textual references
• Some emotive language?

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