Genre analysis: more examples

time to complete: 10 minutes

Apart from the examples of genres we looked at earlier, such as essays and reviews, there are a lot more genres that are common in academic writing, such as lab reports, book reviews, reflections, posters, case studies and others.

Task: Follow these links to different types of texts and have a look at how they are organised. Don’t spend more than a few minutes on each text. Then, complete the task that follows.