5 Text Types

Five text types are required by the State of Kansas to teach each year. They are all equally important. Below they are listed and described.

Narritive- tells a story

• books and short stories

Expository- informational text that uses structures such as; problem/solution, cause/effect, comparrison, sequence and descriptions.

• textbooks, student encyclopedias

Technical- informational text that shows how to do something

• a book that shows how to play basketball

Poetry- expressive form of text

• repetitive line poems, Q/A poems, hikus

Persuasive- used to persuade an opinion of another

• essays, letters