Raws

• Intertextuality or intertext- method of text development that enables the author to make another text based on another text. It happens when some properties of an original text are incorporated in the text that is created by another author.
• Intertext or intertextuality- is technically defined as a process of text development that merges two more processes such as imitation and creation in doing a text.
• Intertextuality has its roots in the work of a Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). Meanwhile, the term itself was first used by Bulgarian-French philosopher and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva in the 1960s.
• Retelling- a method of intertext it is the restatement of a story or re-expression of a narrative
• Quotation- method of intertext of directly lifting the exact statements or set of words from a text another author has made.
• Allusion- a method of intertext where a writer or speaker explicitly or implicitly pertains to an idea or passage found in another text without the use of quotation.
• Pastiche- a method of intertext where it is a text developed in a way that it copies the style or other properties of another text without making fun of it unlike in a parody.
• Resume- originated from the French word résumé which means, "summary". It is a concise document that highlights your education, work experiences, and other qualifications such as your skills and strengths
• Personal Details-it is a part of resume that includes your full name and contact information
• Career Objective/ Summary-is a part of resume that conveys your goals or highlights experience
• Education- it is a part of resume where you list the most recent education you finished
• Work Experience- it is a part of resume that uses action verbs for descriptive phrases and list the most recent experience first
• Additional Information- is a part of resume but an optional part; headings could be languages, awards, achievements, skills, etc.
• References- a part of resume where you list 2 to 3 reliable people to endorse you; could be former professor or employer
• College Admission Letter- also known as the "letter of intent". It is a brief discussion of your intention to be admitted in a specific course in college.
• Employment Application Letter-widely known as a "cover letter". It is used to introduce yourself to a prospective employer. You write this to demonstrate your interest in the company, sell your services and qualifications in written form, and show that you are fit for a job position.
• block format- is a format that means that all parts of the letter are aligned to the left.
• modified block format- is a type of format where the heading, date, complimentary close, and signature are placed slightly to the right of the center of the paper
• semi-block format- the least used format which is similar with modified block except that the paragraphs of the body are indented
• Office Correspondence, or business correspondence- is a written interchange of internal (communication between company departments) and external communication (communication between a company to another firm) to assist the flow of business processes
• Business letter- is the traditional way of communicating information from one company to another or used in external correspondence. The format can either be full block, modified block, and semi-block
• Business memorandum or memo- is a written communication strictly between the company's offices to another or used in internal correspondence.
• Business e-mail- is an office correspondence that can either be internal or external
• Critical reading- is engaging in analytic activity which involves the reader by asking questions about the text and the author's claim
• Reasoning- defined by Merriam Webster dictionary is an act of giving statements for justification and explanation. It is the ability of someone to defend something by giving out reasons.
• Identifying Assertions- is one of the steps used in critical reading as reasoning where it is Identified by a common type of assertion such as fact, convention, opinion and preference
• Formulating counterclaim- is a step used in critical reading as reasoning where it is made to rebut a previous claim
• Determining evidence- it is a step used in critical reading as reasoning where it is the details given by the authors to support his/her claims
• Hypertext- a non-linear way to present information and is usually accomplished using "links".
• The World Wide Web (www)- is a global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet
• Hypertext is the foundation of the World Wide Web enabling users to click on the link to obtain more information on a subsequent page on the same site or from a website anywhere in the world
• Hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in 1963
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL)- colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (http), but are also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database access (JDBC), and many other applications.