College of Education for Girls Department of English

ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ College of Education for Girls Department of English Translation 1432 -1433 H 5 th Level

Text Types There are many types of both written and spoken texts which belong to different fields of knowledge such as literature, science, economic and social studies. These are produced by authors/writers of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. They can be divided into : 1. Literary texts 2. Journalistic Style 3. Scientific texts 4. Social or human studies, etc. Each one of these has its own characteristics.

Some examples can be given here. 1. There was a certain Island in the sea, on which there lived only an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady. (p 141) 2. To provide urban governorate Management Information System(MIS) department heads with an opportunity to examine and discuss the administration of computer centers and the management use of computer-based information systems designed to assist local administration.

5. Available estimates of real growth rates during that period as expressed in terms of GDP at 1975 prices, indicated that GDP achieved an annual growth of 8. 5%. This is a high rate of growth attributed to the growth in national resources sectors, where production of oil and petrochemical sector achieved a rate of 12. 8% and transportation and communication sector 8. 3%. However, the growth rate fell in two principal productive sectors, to 2. 3% in agriculture and about 6% in industry and mining.

ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ College of Education for Girls Department of English Translation 1432 -1433 H 5 th Level

Media Texts Media is a plural form of medium, which means any way of communicating information to people. The medium of radio, of television, of newspapers, o internet, etc. Media texts are a sub-category of non-fiction. They include texts, such as newspaper and magazine articles and advertising, concerns the audience. Only newspaper head-lines and articles will be focused on. 1. Journalistic Style Structural and Stylistic Characteristics

1. The purposes of Media texts are various and most often a combination: to entertain to inform/ or to explain to persuade to advise / or to instruct 2. Non-fiction writers use language effectively They use language that sounds convincing - this is called rhetorical language. 3. They use language that affects your emotions this is called emotive language.

4. Sentence style can be varied to add interest and a very short sentence can add real impact. 5. Short paragraphs and sentences are easier to follow and grasp. 6. Catchy titles capture the reader's attention. 7. Headlines, captions and subheadings add impact and clarity. 8. Quotations and evidence from expert sources are used to provide support and create added authority. 9. Use active and passive style.

Suspect meets his match US agents flooded the Middle East and Pakistan with match-books covered with tiny pictures of Ramzi Josef, the prime suspect in the World Trade Centre bombing. The pocket-size “wanted” posters helped lead to Josef’s capture in Pakistan last week, said Robert Born, a terrorist specialist with the US State Department. “We basically blanketed the country. Smoking is on the decline in the US but that’s not the case overseas, ” Born said. Some 37, 000 match-books bearing Josef’s picture and information on the $2 million bounty were printed and distributed in countries where he was expected to be hiding.

Inmates, including two boys aged 13 and 14, were allegedly beaten or otherwise abused by prison guards between 1986 and 1989, a US daily newspaper reporter says. Inmates were beaten by guards. Inmates were beaten by prison guards. Inmates were allegedly beaten by prison guards. Inmates, including two boys aged 13 and 14, were allegedly beaten or otherwise abused by prison guards between 1986 and 1989.

A suspected Filipino rebel, Kamlon Mamindiala, and 18 members of his family, including a pregnant woman and six children aged between one and 13, were reportedly killed in August by soldiers of the army’s 38 th infantry battalion in Tacurong, Sultan Kudurat province. 1. Look at the subject 2. Verb 3. Object