记叙文可以用narration，或者narrative作为形容词。议论文是argumentation，argumentative是形容词。说明文应该是description，或者descriptive作为形容词。文言文的英文： the classical Chinese。文言文是指用古代的书面语言写的文章，通常文言文比较古奥难懂，因为文言文词汇都是古代的，而且还是古代的书面语言，现代人理解起来有难度。而你说的说明文、议论文是文章的类型，和文言文根本是两个不同的概念。
narration 记叙文 To narrate is to give an account of event or a series of telling a story by presenting the details in the order in which they happened in its broadest sense， narrative writing includes stories， real or imaginary， biographies， histories， news item， and narrative argumentation 议论文is used to analyze reasons of a matter，expatiate on the author's point of view and propositions，as well as to prove or advocate a point of view and proposition by making logical a demonstration or a logical xposition 应用文 It is a direct and concise style of writing used by state organs or individuals in their work， study and daily life to deal with various public and private affairs， transfer and exchange information， and solve practical description 说明文It is mainly used to explain the characteristics of things， find the regulation of change， analysis of the causes and The purpose is to enable the readers to obtain the necessary information， to have a clear understanding of
