Context and Text Meaning

• The idea in which the writer and reader connect on an issue presented in the text.

  Context
• Determines whether the reader understands the idea of the author or not.

  Context
• Context is describing or comparing a thing using a figurative language
• Using context clues when a difficult word is used in a sentence or sharing experiences.
• The context may present the author's background, his beliefs, his language style or techniques, experiences and observations
• 3 TYPES OF CONTEXT

  1. Biographical or "Authorial" Context
  2. Linguistic Context
  3. Socio-cultural Context
• • learn about the author's background
  • storylines of the text are based from the writer's experiences.

  Biographical or "Authorial" Context
• Refers to the context within the discourse, that is, the relationship between words, phrases, sentences and even paragraphs.


  Linguistic Context
• The idea of a text that refers to how culture and society affect the literary work.


  Socio-cultural context
• It involves analyzing how the writer leads his reader's awareness to social, physical, political and cultural issues.

  Socio-cultural Context
• This context helps the reader's understanding of culture and society

  Socio-cultural context