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1.Des
cri
pti
veText

Thi
stextdes
cri
besaper
son,pl
ace,ani
mal
,orobj
ecti
ndet
ail
.

Pur
pos
e:Todes
cri
beori
ntr
oduc
esomet
hing(
e.g.
,at
our
ists
pott
oat
trac
tvi
sit
ors
).

Char
act
eri
sti
cs:I
ncl
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ect
.

2.ReportText

Thi
stextdes
cri
bess
omet
hingi
ngener
al,us
ual
lybas
edonanal
ysi
sorobs
ervat
ion.

Purpose:Topr
ovi
def
act
uali
nfor
mat
ionaboutphenomena,ani
mal
s,pl
ant
s,or
t
echnology.

Char
act
eri
sti
cs:Gener
aldes
cri
pti
onsandt
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eofs
cient
ifi
cter
ms.

3.ProcedureText

Thi
stextexpl
ainss
tepst
oper
for
msomet
hing,s
uchasr
eci
pesorus
ermanual
s.

Pur
pos
e:Toexpl
ainhow t
omakeorus
esomet
hing.

Char
act
eri
sti
cs:I
ncl
udess
truc
tur
eds
teps(
e.g.
,1,2,3)
.

4.RecountText

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sorexper
ienc
esf
rom t
hepas
t,s
uchasvac
ati
ons
,spec
ifi
c
event
s,orbiographi
es.

Pur
pos
e:Tonar
rat
epas
texper
ienc
esorevent
s.

Charac
ter
ist
ics
:Us
espas
ttens
ever
bsandi
ncl
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imei
ndi
cat
ors(
e.g.
,las
tweek,l
ast
year
).

5.Narrat
iveText

Thi
stextt
ell
sani
magi
nat
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air
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es,l
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 Pur
pos
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s.

Charact
eri
sti
cs:Cont
ainsphr
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t
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Qui
ckTi
psf
orAns
weri
ngQues
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-Foc
usonkeywor
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hebegi
nni
ngoft
het
ext
.Forexampl
e:

-Or
char
dRoad→At
our
istpl
ace→Des
cri
pti
veText→Pur
pos
e:Toat
trac
tvi
sit
ors
.

-Onc
euponat
ime→Ani
magi
nat
ives
tor
y→Nar
rat
iveText→Pur
pos
e:Toent
ert
ain.

-J
avanRhi
noc
eros→Anani
malwi
thas
cient
ifi
cname→Repor
tText→Pur
pos
e:To
pr
ovi
def
act
uali
nfor
mat
ion.