A text where the characters speak without the aid of a narrator is a dramatic text.
A text in which the main purpose of the author is expressing feelings or just creating beauty with words is a poetic text. Sometimes it is written in verse: separate lines with or without rhyme and with a special structure.
Your turn!: Draw a table with three columns: one for narrative, one for drama, one for poetry. Then include each of the following kinds of text in that category:
Sonnet Tale Song Comedy Novel Joke Anecdote Elegy Tragedy Nursery rhyme
Film script Short story Rap Biography
