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Text types, sorted for use

The list of text types in the Subject Guide is very long - although we must never forget that the Guide introduces the list by stating "The examples shown are neither prescriptive nor exhaustive": in other words, it is simply a fairly comprehensive list of the sort of text types in use in the real world. See the page Text types, explored for a fuller consideration of the IB's approach to the study of text types. What...

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