Teaching students the rules of writing—things like how to write complex sentences or structure different types of text—can help them become better at the craft, said Steve Graham, a professor ...

Within this area, question types are divided into five sub-areas: word choice, point of view, purpose, arguments and text structure.

Non-fiction texts vary depending on their purpose, intended audience, structure and language choice. Learn how to compare non-fiction texts with BBC Bitesize KS3 English.

Unlike a standard expository text, a refutational text acknowledges a reader's alternative conceptions about a topic, refutes them, and then introduces scientific conceptions as viable alternatives.