Reading and Writing

• Factors that influence discourse include culture, social environment, and personal experiences.
• Identifying what the author means or intends in a text is a crucial part of reading and writing skills.
• Determining your own thoughts about the author’s meaning is an integral part of the reading process.
• Articulating your thoughts in writing is a crucial part of writing skills.
• Previewing information before reading is a part of the reading process.
• During reading, annotation is a crucial part of the reading process.
• After reading, rereading, reviewing, and reflecting are parts of the reading process.
• Skimming is a type of reading that focuses on the main idea.
• Scanning is a type of reading that focuses on specific information.
• Intensive reading is a type of reading that includes all details.
• Extensive reading is a type of reading for pleasure.
• Prewriting is a part of the writing process that involves planning.
• Text becomes discourse when it is read, then it will have meaning.
• Types of texts include academic and literary.
• Written or spoken communication is known as discourse.
• Purpose of texts can be to inform, persuade, or entertain.
• Cohesion in a text is the connection of words.
• Written material, especially longer pieces of writing like a book, a letter, or a newspaper, is referred to as written material.
• Coherence in a text is its meaning.
• A group of ideas put together to make a point is known as a text.
• Discourse, from the Latin word “discursus”, deals with coherence.
• Qualities of a text include cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, and intertextuality.
• Examples of texts include journal/diaries and news articles.
• During writing, arranging thoughts and ideas and explaining the content are crucial parts of the writing process.
• Revising is a part of the writing process that involves evaluating if information are enough and organized.