| Discursive Move | Explanation | |
| Advice/Guidance | Telling someone what they should do: declarative sentences, interrogatives and imperatives | |
| Referral | The reader is encouraged to seek personal and professional help elsewhere, and/or is given addresses, phone numbers or Internet links to find more information about the topic at hand. | |
| Assessment | The questioner’s particular situation is mentioned and evaluated (e.g. voicing support) | |
| Disclaimer | A special kind of assessment as it is pointed out that the answer will be incomplete or cannot match expectations due to the site’s limitations or to insufficient knowledge of the questioner’s situation | |
| Explanation | Explanation of a point just made, a type-tag indicates which element is being further explained | |
| Experience | Own or known person’s experience | |
| Open Category | Category for moves that do not fit any other category | |