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Types of TEXTS

A text is a piece of writing that you read or create.

The type or the characteristics of a text are very important for any work of summarisation on it. It is easier to select the main ideas from certain types of texts, as the narrative ones (texts “telling a story”) then from others, such as expository texts (texts “speaking about”).

The type of a texts depend on their purpose, structure and language features.

One of the most commonly used classification text materials is that one based on text’s purpose and meaning. In this classification, there are three main categories:

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