Non-Literary Texts

• Advertisement

• Appeal

• Biography*

• Blog

• Brochure/leaflet

• Cartoon

• Diagram

• Diary*

• Electronic texts

• Essay*

• Encyclopedia entry

• Film/television

• Guide book

• Infographic

• Interview

• Letter (formal)*

• Letter (informal) *

• Magazine article

• Manifesto*

• Memoir*

• Parody*

• Pastiche*

• Photographs

• Radio broadcast

• Report

• Screenplay

• Set of instructions

• Speech*

• Textbook

• Travel writing*

* In some of their manifestations, these text types could be considered literary forms, usually within the category of non-fiction. They will be regarded in this course as non-literary texts, unless a collection of texts by a single author is studied as a literary work.