Text Positioning Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 ways of author positioning?
A
Above Us Among Us With Us Against Us
2
Q
What does an Inclusive Address have in it?
A
1st person plural pronouns
3
Q
What is Binary Opposition?
A
Placing two concepts against each other that contrast each other
4
Q
What is an example of Binary Opposition?
A
Progress Vs Sustainability
5
Q
What is Direct Address?
A
Speaking directly to the reader with 2nd person pronouns e.g. You, Yours
6
Q
What is synthetic personalisation?
A
A writer being friendly and making assumptions about the reader even if they don’t know what we are like
7
Q
What are some examples of Inclusive Address Pronouns?
A
We Our Us
8
Q
What is Positioning?
A
Methods a writer uses to position themselves in a certain way when writing an informational text
