Observation/Comment - The writer makes an observation 'I saw a tiger', follows with either an evaluative comment 'it was very large' or mixes these in with the observation 'I saw a very large tiger'.
Recount - Usally a chronological sequences of events. Example - recount of a school trip, which children are often asked to do as a follow up activity. It is written subjectively. The structure often follows a set pattern: Orientation, Event, Reorientation. The orientation sets the scene, perhaps the journey to the place or name. The reorientation at the end of the recount compleates the writing.
Report - A factual and objective description of events or things; it tends not to be chronological.
Narrative - A story genre where the scene is set for the events to occur and be resolved at the end. It also has a set pattern: Orientation - Complication - Resolution - Coda. The coda, which identifies the point of the story is not always added. Because of the complex structure, few children will achieve the whole structure early on, despite their experience of reading stories that follow this narative structure.
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