Understanding Text Types: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Argumentative, Predictive, and Instructional
Narrative Text
Such narrative text tells fictional stories or stories based on facts. The reality experienced by a series of characters in a space and time. The structure of these texts can be divided into two: the external and internal. The first is based on the way to distribute the text, its parts, and how it is composed. The second concerns the events of the story it tells. Within the internal structure, the narrative is usually divided into three parts: introduction, middle, and denouement.
Read MoreSpanish Air Navigation and Airport Management: ENAIRE and AENA
ENAIRE: Spain’s Air Navigation Authority
ENAIRE is the public entity responsible for air navigation in Spain, managing the planning, recording, and controlling of aircraft movement. It provides en-route, approach, and aerodrome control services. ENAIRE is the 4th largest air navigation provider in Europe, handling approximately 2 million flights annually. It manages 2 million km² of airspace from 5 control centers and 22 airport control towers.
AENA: Spain’s Airport Management Company
AENA is a state-
Read MoreHoly Innocents: Character Analysis & Narrative Structure
Content and Structure in *The Holy Innocents*
Miguel Delibes’ *The Holy Innocents* is divided into six sections, referred to as “books.” Each book functions as a chapter in the narrative, focusing on a specific aspect of the represented reality while maintaining a degree of autonomy. The titles of these books are: *Book One: Azarías*, *Book Two: Paco, the Lower*, *Book Three: The Milana*, *Book Four: The Lord*, *Book Five: The Accident*, and *Book Six: The Crime*.
The story has been described as
Read MoreMiquel Martí i Pol’s Creation: A Reflection on Factory Life
Miquel Martí i Pol, Creation
In Creation, each of the seven stanzas of blank verse decasyllables shows a parallel with the seven days of creation in the world that the Bible describes. The poem was used to represent the creation of “a new worker” in the factory. The fragment analyzed contains only three of the seven stanzas.
In the first verse, the author tells us about the protagonist’s first day in the factory. He is stunned by the threshing machine, which prevents communication, making him feel
Read MoreMagazine and Book Structure: Key Elements
Magazine Structure
A magazine is a periodical (weekly, biweekly, or monthly) with fixed sections and unique or different textual content, expressed through articles. A magazine has a structure divided into:
External Structure
- Logo: The name or icon that distinguishes the product, company, or publication.
- Motto: The statement that distinguishes and identifies the publication, product, or company. It is located under the logo.
- Date: Indicates the day, month, year, and place of publication.
- Summary: It’s
Avant-Garde Movements: Futurism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism
Vanguards
Vanguards do not want any kind of recognition and seek marginality. New ways of understanding culture and aesthetics:
- Philosophies arise that reject the existence of God and affirm the sovereign dimension of man.
- Spiritual crisis, the movements are born breakthrough.
- Avant-garde movements are born since 1905 (new aesthetics that express novel ideas or realities).
- Desire for originality (to show the reader something amazing).
Features:
- Breaking with the above and the desire for originality.
- Enactment