Reading and Writing Skills

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  • Hypertext
    A non-linear way to present information, usually accomplished using "links" that help readers navigate further information and may lead to other links
  • Hypertext
    • Allows readers to create their own meaning out of the material and learn better associatively
    • Text displayed on a computer or electronic device with references to other text the reader can immediately access
  • World Wide Web (www)

    A global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet
  • Hypertext
    The foundation of World Wide Web, enabling users to click on links to obtain more information
  • The term "hypertext" was coined by Ted Nelson
    1963
  • Hypertext
    • Allows readers to access information particularly suited to their needs, such as defining unfamiliar terms
  • Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

    A reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it
  • Hypermedia
    Links are not just limited to text or documents but may also incorporate other forms of multimedia such as images, audio, and videos
  • Hypertext system
    • The reader is free to navigate information by exploring the connections provided
    • Text is broken down into many smaller units (lexias) each addressing a few issues, rather than flowing in a straight line
  • Intertextuality
    A process of text development that merges imitation and creation, where the author is influenced by another author and consciously or unconsciously incorporates their style and characteristics
  • Intertextuality
    Rooted in the work of Ferdinand de Saussure, and the term was first used by Julia Kristeva in the 1960s
  • Methods of intertextuality
    • Retelling
    • Pastiche
    • Quotation
    • Allusion
  • Retelling
    The restatement of a story or re-expression of a narrative
  • Quotation
    Directly lifting the exact statements or set of words from a text another author has made
  • Allusion
    A writer or speaker explicitly or implicitly pertains to an idea or passage found in another text without the use of quotation
  • Pastiche
    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