Title Juicy and Delicious Text Type Narrative Pages 2–9 Text Form Story Genre Fiction Purpose To entertain and/or instruct readers by telling a series of events with a problem and a solution
Text Structure Orientation: The main character is introduced in a setting of time and place (Page 2) Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 3–8) Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 8)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. Zac, bags, tomatoes)
Pronouns (e.g. she, I, them)
Adjectives (e.g. juicy, delicious, biggest)
Past tense verbs (e.g. walked, groaned, arrived)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. on the way home, on the path, at the farm)
Title Tasty Hydroponic Tomatoes Text Type Exposition Pages 10–16 Text Form Advertisement Genre Non-fiction Purpose To persuade by arguing one side of an issue
Text Structure Statement of Position:Explains the writer’s point of view and previews the arguments (Page 10) Series of Arguments: Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 10–16) Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 16)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. vitamins, greenhouses, gardens)
Pronouns (e.g. us, they, them)
Adjectives (e.g. biggest, tastiest, delicious)
Sensing verbs (e.g. believe, think)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. in greenhouses, in gardens, almost all year round)
By Heather Hammonds
Illustrations by Sharyn Madder