RW LT 1

• Hypertext- Is a non-linear way to present information and is usually accomplished with “links”.
• World Wide Web (www)- Is a global hypertext system of information residing on the servers linked across the internet.
• The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in 1963.
• Uniform Resources Locator (URL)- Web address; reference to a web resource that specifies its location on the computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
• Hypermedia- links that incorporate other forms of media such as images, audio and videos that stimulate more senses.
• Hypertext in print media (footnotes)
• Hypertext in online media
• Intertext or intertextuality is technically defined as a process of text development that mergers two or more processes such as imitation and creation in doing a text
• Ferdinand de Saussure (1857- 1913)- rooted from the work of a Swiss linguist
• Julia Kristeva in the 1960’s- first used
• Retelling- It is a restatement of a story or reexpression of a narrative
• Allusion- Writer or speaker explicitly or implicitly pertains to an idea or passage found in another text.
• Hypertext


  A non-linear way to present information and is usually accomplished with "links"
• World Wide Web (www)


  A global hypertext system of information residing on the servers linked across the internet
• The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson


  1963
• Uniform Resources Locator (URL)


  Web address; reference to a web resource that specifies its location on the computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it
• Hypermedia


  Links that incorporate other forms of media such as images, audio and videos that stimulate more senses
• Hypertext in print media


  • Footnotes
• Hypertext system


  • The reader is free to navigate information by exploring the connections provided
• Hypertext


  A very different way of presenting information than the usual linear form
• Text


  No longer flows in a straight line through a book. Instead, it is broken down into smaller units
• Hypertext


  Acts as a bridge between two basics, opposite and complementing elements: free and shortcut
• Intertext or intertextuality


  A process of text development that mergers two or more processes such as imitation and creation in doing a text
• Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist, rooted the work on intertext


  1857-1913
• Julia Kristeva first used the term "intertextuality"


  1960s
• Retelling


  Restatement of a story or re-expression of a narrative
• Allusion


  Writer or speaker explicitly or implicitly pertains to an idea or passage found in another text
• Pastiche


  Copies the style or other properties of another text without making fun of it
• Quotation


  Directly lifting the exact statements or set of words from a text another author has made
• Critical Reading


  Engaging in analytic activity which involves the reading by asking questions about the author's claim
• Critical reader


  • Evaluate, analyze, and interpret the assertion of the hidden message
• Reasoning


  Act of giving statements and justification
• Critical reading as reasoning


  Assess the validity of textual evidence
• Ways to help you become a critical reader

  1. Annotate what you need

  2. Outline the text

  3. Summarize the text

  4. Question the text
• Steps used in critical reading as reasoning

  1. Identifying assertions (fact, convention, opinion, preference)

  2. Formulating a counterclaim

  3. Determining evidence (evidences are given by the author to support his or her claim, reason-explanation of evidence)
• Hedges


  Words or phrases that give a courteous tone
• Evaluative Statement


  One's good judgement about something through writing which is supported by reasons and evidence
• How to Formulate Evaluative Statement

  1. Begin with the positive before pointing out the negative

  2. Suggest solution

  3. Keep feedback precise and concise

  4. Be careful in giving your feedback
• Assertion


  Declarative sentence that gives strong belief as if it's true
• Types of Assertion


  • Fact (can be proven objectively)
  • Convention (truth can be only verified by reference to history, laws, tradition, culture)
  • Opinion (based on facts but hard to verify)
  • Preference (personal choice of the writer)