Genres in history
Genres in history
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Recording
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Autobiographical recount
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To retell the events of your own life |
Biographical recount
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To retell the events of another person’s life |
Historical recount
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To retell events in the past |
Historical account
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To account for why events happened in a particular sequence |
Explaining
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Factorial explanation |
To explain the reasons or factors that contribute to a particular outcome |
Consequential explanation |
To explain the effects or consequences of a situation |
Arguing |
Exposition |
To put forward a point of view or argument |
Discussion |
To argue the case for two or more points of view about an issue |
Challenge |
To argue against a view |
Adapted from Caroline Coffin (2006), "Learning the language of school history: The role of linguistics in mapping the writing demands of a secondary school curriculum", Journal of Curriculum Studies, 38 (4), 413-429.