Hypertext and Intertext in Reading and Writing

• Reading and Writing Skills focuses on hypertext and intertext.

Hypertext

• Hypertext presents information in a non-linear fashion, using links to navigate between related content that allows readers to explore topics in a customized sequence.
• Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks.
• Hyperlinks enable an organization of information through links and connections which contrasts with the static nature of traditional text.
• With hypertext, the reader can navigate information by exploring the provided connections, giving the learner control over paths of learning
• Therefore, hypertext is accomplished using "links" to help readers navigate further information about a topic and can direct readers to various options.

Key Features of Hypertext

• Hyperlinks connect to other documents or sections within the same document and activated by a click or touch.
• Hypermedia incorporates multimedia elements like pictures, sounds, and videos to stimulate more senses.
• URLs are web addresses that specify the location of a resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
• Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are activated by a mouse click, keypress set, or touch to make possible a dynamic organization of information through links.
• Hypertext is the foundation of the World Wide Web, and allows readers to click on links for more information, and provides users to access information suited to their needs for background or definitions as required.

Understanding Intertextuality

• Intertextuality is a method of text development that enables the author to make another text based on another text.
• The second writer is greatly affected or influenced by the first writer leading to a combination of imitation and creation to incorporate properties of an original text in another author's text.

Methods of Intertextuality:

• Retelling restates a story or re-expresses a narrative.
• Quotation directly lifts exact statements or words from another author's text.
• Allusion explicitly or implicitly refers to an idea or passage in another text without quotation.
• Pastiche copies the style or properties of another text without making fun of it.
• To identify intertext, determine if there are two or more stories involved and if there is direct or indirect connection to another piece of work.
• Hypertext and intertext are essential methods of text development that enhance reading and writing skills.
• Hypertext allows for a dynamic, non-linear exploration of information, while intertext enables authors to create new works based on existing texts.
• Understanding hypertext and intertext enriches our ability to analyze and create content, embodying the relationship of a text and another text.
• Reading deals with reading from the viewpoint of a research question and actively using what you read to develop your analysis and argumentation and collect materials that you can use in your writing.

Explore hypertext and intertextuality in reading and writing. Hypertext presents non-linear information, allowing customized exploration through interconnected hyperlinks. Intertextuality examines how texts reference and build upon each other, creating layers of meaning and context.