3RY: Revision of Text-Types by Doreen Grace Yeo

yeo_meow_ling_doreen — 2026-01-06 02:51:18 UTC

Text 4

jairus_teo_yi_jie1_1 — 2026-01-08 04:43:08 UTC

The roaring kittens🙀

cheong_jing_xuan_kate1 — 2026-01-08 04:44:24 UTC

Text type: discursive

Purpose: Describes Tiong Bahru Neighbourhood Park to the reader as a lively place open to everyone for recreational activities for social purposes

I’m Batman (text 3)

2026-01-08 04:45:17 UTC

The author’s purpose is to inform the readers on the values that one can learn from attending VIA.
Discursive Essay.
Contains a hook, transition and thesis statement in the first paragraph. The body contains of 4 PEEL paragraphs organised by its main ideas to support the writer’s aim (Informing the readers on the values that one can learn from attending VIA). The last paragraph summaries the 4 PEEL body paragraphs.
Quotes:
Linking words are used (eg. Firstly, In addition. Apart from that…)
3rd person pronouns used in the 2nd paragraph (they)

Man’s search for meaning

chua_kai_an_1_1_1 — 2026-01-09 02:41:02 UTC

The author wants to show his experience as an ex-holocaust victim to the reader so that they can empathise with him and understand the harsh reality of the past
The text is a personal recount
It focuses on series of events that happens to the narrator using the 1st person point of view. The story is told in a chronological order so we follow along the narration without any prior knowledge. It contains an orientation and a body that tells the story of the author.

Batman

soong_wen_xi1_1 — 2026-01-12 04:21:32 UTC

Text type: discursive

Purpose: to discuss some of the benefits VIA can cultivate in students. Some of those values include teamwork, altruism, and generally talks about how VIA can develop youth morally.

clovis_ngo_en_xu1 — 2026-01-12 04:27:24 UTC

TEXT 1

Text type:

Personal recount. The text is written in the first person, in the past tense, and recounts a single, time-bound experience. It sets the scene, presents events in chronological order, includes personal thoughts and emotions, and ends with a clear outcome.

Purpose:

To recount what happened during the narrator's arrival at the concentration camp and the selection process he experienced.

Aden Lee, Aryan, Victor, Jasmine, Theodore

2026-01-12 04:30:19 UTC

1. The author wrote this text to discuss the opinion that all things are difficult before they are busy.

2. This text is a discursive essay.

3. This essay is written to bring across the reasons and observations to break down others concepts and feelings towards this issue.

There is a hook in the introduction, transition and a thesis statement. It consists of 3 PEEL paragraphs that touch upon different stories and explanations on the same topic for more various opinions.

There is also a conclusion that links all points with one another at the need of the text. Therefore this is a discursive text.

This text linguistically exhibits details can be in timeless present tense+adjectives+cause and effect connectors.

The Thing

2026-01-12 04:30:48 UTC

Purpose: To show that Tiong Bahru Park is a lively, vibrant community space, especially in the early morning, and that older people actively embrace healthy, joyful living.

Text-type: Descriptive

Features:

Starts by telling the reader what will be described
Focus on creating a single dominant impression of the liveliness of Tiong Bahru Park.
Ends with a concluding statement
Use 3rd person pronouns
Includes lots of sensory details to create a mental vivid image.

Text 4

2026-01-13 00:56:29 UTC

Text type is discursive

Purpose is talk about if money can make people happy and to show that money is needed but real happiness is more than having it

It starts by saying that money is important in life and asks if it can make people happy

It explains that money cannot make people happy because working for it can make them tired lonely and upset

It also shows the other side money can help people feel safe pay bills and enjoy small pleasures

It says the difference between short happiness from money and real lasting happiness which comes from family friends and life purpose

The essay ends by saying both sides matter but true happiness is not only about money

Group Shah Rukh Khan

theodore_nguang_zhong_he2_1 — 2026-01-13 01:06:44 UTC

Text 4

justin_liao_zi_han1_1 — 2026-01-13 01:08:58 UTC

Text 4 is an argumentative essay although we initially thought it was a discursive one. The essays is written in present continuous tense with both first and third person narratives that includes a hook, multiple PEEL paragraphs supporting his/her main ideas, trying to persuade readers that the views expressed are correct. In the writer’s conclusion, there is a conclusion and a reiteration of the writer’s stand which tells us that its an argumentative essay.