Reading and Writing Skills

• 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