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Genre detective

Naming the kind of text. Part of reading and writing.

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Genre detective

Naming the kind of text · Alberta Grade 5 · maddyhelps.com

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Read each piece. Write what kind of text it is, and one feature that gave it away. Every genre has its habits, and noticing them is what Alberta's outcome asks for.

Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Mix the flour and sugar. Bake for 20 minutes.

GenreThe clue

CALGARY — Hail the size of golf balls hit the city on Tuesday, damaging cars and roofs.

GenreThe clue

Snow on the fence post, / snow on the silent field, / snow on my mittens.

GenreThe clue

Dear Diary, today I finally landed my first cartwheel. Nobody saw.

GenreThe clue

NEW Crunch-O cereal! Kids love it! Get yours today!

GenreThe clue

For the grown-up

Genre detective

Recipe — steps in order, and amounts; News report — a dateline, and the most important facts first; Poem — lines, and a pattern; Diary entry — written to itself, about the writer's own day; Advertisement — exclamations, and telling you to buy.

The poem uses slashes to show where each line ends, as it would be printed on separate lines.

Why this matters is on the reading and writing page. More sheets