Reading and Writing

• Text


  •a large unit of written language

  •group of ideas put together to make a point or sense

  •umbrella term

  •has a structure or follows tructural form
• Discourse


  •utterance, talk, speech, discussion, and conversation

  •an extended expression of thoughts or ideas

  •we should have discourse on the text we are reading
• Text and Discourse are connected
• Text as a connected discourse


  reading-discourse=writing-text
• Text is a connected discourse


  •you are initiating text to people

  •reading a text is also a discourse
• Difference of text and discourse

  -text as sentences, discourse use of such sentences

  -text have a property of grammatical cohesion while discourse made up of utterances having the property of coherence

  -text is defined in terms of its physical product while discourse viewed as a process

  -tet has no meaning while discourse meaning comes from interaction with text
• Patterns of Development

  a technique or strategy used to level up the writing process and engage the readers to read the text
• Narration

  • most basic POD
  • used in storytelling
  • describes HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE an event happened
• Terminologies in Narration

  Concrete- has ohysical manifestation

  Abstract- ideas/concepts

  General-groups

  Specific- individual component
• Description gives details about an object/person/location

  • appearance and characteristics
  • uses sensory details
  • Objective Description- factual and scientific
  • Subjective Description- "paints a picture"
• Definition exolains what something means, does, or is used for

  • used in understanding new concepts
  • Objective Definition- factual or scientific
  • Subjective Definition- personal way