rwa Flashcards
digital or electronic form of text that allows readers to navigate between various pieces of information through hyperlinks
commonly found in websites, online articles, and e-books, where embedded links connect readers to related topics or multimedia elements
Hypertext
highlights the dialogic relationship between texts
Intertext
texts often blend various discourses, genres, and styles
Interdiscurvisity
considered dialogic because they involve a complex interplay of social influences and interactions
Text as Discourse
In Academic Writing
- Building arguments
- Enhancing credibility
- Synthesizing knowledge
- Example
In Creative Writing
- Layered storytelling
- Cultural resonance
- Genre play
- Innovative structures
- Example
an indirect reference to another text
Allusion
(/) No reader approaches a text as a blank slate
True
Micro Processes in Critical Reading in which your goal is to understand the scope and the purpose of the text
Preview
Micro Processes in Critical Reading
Preview, Annotate, Nothing Patterns and Repetitions
Macro Processes in Critical Reading that puts the reading in perspective
Contextualize
Macro Processes in Critical Reading that fits the text into an ongoing dialogue
Compare and Contrast
(/) You should not demystify the Writer
False
(/) Imagine an Opposing Point of View for All Opinions
True
(/) Use insights from one subject to illuminate or correct another
True
(PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT) - the structural framework for writing
Organization
(PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT) - must contribute to the one main unifying thought (thesis statement) and when ideas are connected
Coherence
(PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT) - sentences are connected at the sentence
Cohesion
(PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT) - makes a text readable and its message clear
Text organization
Kinds of Text Organization
- Physical format
- Signal words
- Structure
