Reading and Writing

• Text is generally considered as written material especially longer pieces of writing as in a book, a letter or a newspaper.
• In academic terms, a text is anything that expresses a set of meanings to the person who examines it.
• If we can look at something, explore it, find layers of meaning in it, and draw information and conclusion from it, we're looking at a text.
• According to Jorgensen and Phillips the following is a qualities of a text: Cohesion, Coherence, Intentionally, Acceptability, Informativity, Situationally and, Intertextuality.
• Cohesion - The parts are connected.
• Coherence - The overall text has meaning.
• Intentionally - The writers attitude and purpose can be discerned.
• Acceptability - The text is recognized.
• Informativity - There is a quantity of new or expected information.
• Situationally - The text's topic is situationally and culturally appropriate.
• Intertextuality - The text can be linked to preceding discourse.
• Brainstorming is a technique by which a group attempts to find a solution(s) to a specific problem by amassing ideas spontaneously (Osborn, 1953).
• Brainstorming is a highly effective technique for maximizing group creative potential, not only to generate ideas but also to determine which ideas are most likely to succeed in a specific areas of interest (Baumgartner, 2007).
• Listing is a brainstorming technique many people might find it useful; it means listing possible topics and then sub lists of things you could say about each topic.
• Brainstorming techniques that will help you write creative content: Word storm, Word Association, Mind Mapping and, Word Banks.