Title The Tune of the Tuilps 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 (Pages 2–3) Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 4–8) Resolution:The problem is solved (Page 9)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. communicator, mission, tendrils)
Pronouns (e.g. her, it, they, their, he)
Adjectives (e.g. newly discovered, tulip-like)
Past tense verbs (e.g. asked, stepped)
Adverbs (e.g. swiftly, suddenly, pleadingly)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. in a mass of tightly wound purple tendrils)
Time and sequence words (e.g. It was the year 2097)
Title Reading Science Fiction Text Type Discussion Pages 10–16 Text Form Essay Genre Non-fiction Purpose To examine more than one side of an issue
Text Structure Opening Statement: Outlines the issue (Page 10) Arguments 'For' and 'Against': Includes evidence in support of and against the issue (Pages 11–15) Concluding Statement: Summary of the writer's opinion (Page 16)