Contextual Factors Flashcards
1
Q
Time
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When was the text produced/historical significance?
2
Q
Ideology
A
What social attitudes of the time may have an effect?
3
Q
Mode
A
The physical channel of communication either speech or writing
4
Q
Genre
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A way of grouping texts based upon expected/shared conventions
5
Q
Audience
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Who’s it aimed at
6
Q
Purpose
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Why is the text spoken/written
7
Q
Text producer
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Author/speaker
8
Q
Text reception
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How might the text be accessed/interpreted by the reader
9
Q
Blended mode
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A text which contains conventional elements of both SPEECH and WRITING
10
Q
Multi-modal
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A text that involves mixing VISUAL and WRITTEN codes
11
Q
Cross genre
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when one genre contains conventions of another
12
Q
Place
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Where does it appear/where is it set
