Hypertext and Intertext

• A hypertext is when you type a word and attach a link to that word so that upon clicking on that word, the reader is sent to the site attached.
• A hyperlink is when you type the link of the website you would like to quickly send the reader.
• Intertextuality is a sophisticated literary device used in writing a text based from a textual reference.
• Intertextuality draws upon the concept, rhetoric or ideology from other texts to be included in the new text.

  It may be retelling or writing of an old story in modern context.
• Claim of Fact

  > Latin - clamare = to cry out or shout.

  Claim is a statement essentially arguable.
• Explicit Claims are directly, precisely and clearly stated, analyzing what a writer or speaker is trying to explain based on what he or she actually says.

  Implicit Claims are not directly stated and they are assertions that can be retrieved by reading between the lines. They are normally found in key assumptions and context: when, where, why, who, what.
• Types of Claim

  Claims of Fact is a statement that has existed (past), exists (present), or will exist (future). It is used to support factual evidence that is sufficient, reliable, and appropriate.
• Types of Claim

  Claims of Value usually leads to essays that evaluate. It examines your topic in terms of the phrases, "it is better to..., it is unethical that..., it is wrong to..., it is more beautiful than...". This also involve "taste" in art, literature, music, film, food, etc. It involves judgements, appraisals, and evaluations. It have a bias of sorts and often embedded in social, religious, and/or cultural values.
• Types of Claim

  Claims of Policy provide a solution or another series of questions in response to the claims of fact. They are often procedural, organized plans.