Genres of writing

|Imaginative/Personal|
|Genre |Purpose |Framework |Language Features|
|Recount |To tell what happened, to retell |Orientation|use of nouns to identify people, animals and things |
|Personal retellings, eg. Diary, |events |(who, where, when)|linking words to do with time eg ‘later’, ‘after’, ‘before’ |
|autobiography, some letters ||Series of events in time-order |simple past tense |
|Imaginative recounts ||Personal comment |action verbs |
|Descriptive|To portray a person, place, or thing |Introduction |elaborate use of sensory language|
|Description of a person, place or thing: |in such a way that the reader can |Supporting descriptive details |rich, vivid, and lively detail|
|character sketch, description of setting,|visualise the topic and enter into |Summary |figurative...