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• Intertextuality

  process in which independent texts are interfaced with another text to produce meaning (Richard Nordquist). It also refers to a matrix of meanings established in other works that provide points and terms of reference familiar to both the author and reader.
• Hypertext

  a nonlinear way of showing information.
• INTERTEXT

  The modeling of a text's meaning by another text. It is defined as the connections between
• Julia Kristeva (1960) coined the word intertextuality from the Latin word intertexto which means “to mingle while weaving.”
• Hypertext


  A computer-based text retrieval system where the user can access particular locations or files in webpages or other electronic documents by clicking on links
• Hypertext


  • Connects topics on screen to related information, graphics, videos, music
  • Information is not simply related to text
  • A special database system developed by Ted Nelson where objects and programs are creatively linked together
• The use of the internet has become a need nowadays more than a want
• The influx of information generated from the worldwide web is immensely overwhelming especially so that it caters to the short attention span of users
• The combination of audio and video materials, the condensed explanation of the concepts, the illustrated and animated exposition of technical procedures have made the Internet a powerful tool in disseminating information, in conducting research, in changing values, and in complementing the learning process
•  Assertion - the act of asserting or something that is asserted: such as an insistent and positive affirming, maintaining, or defending (as of a right or attribute) - When someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it, as if it is true, though it may not be, he is making an assertion. - A stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or a fact.
• Basic Assertion  It is simple and straightforward statement for expressing feelings, opinions, and beliefs such as:
• Escalating Assertion  It occurs when someone is not able to give a response to a person’s basic assertion, and therefore that person becomes firm about him of her
• Emphatic Assertion

  It conveys sympathy to someone, and usually has two parts: the fridt encompasses recognition of the feelings or situations of the other person, and the second is a statement that shows support for the other person's viewpoint, feelings