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What is the term for the appropriateness of word or vocabulary usage in writing?
What is the characteristic of language that avoids using vague or abstract terms?
What is the purpose of critical reading?
What is the term for the shortened form of a word or phrase?
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What type of tone is often used in formal writing?
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What is the act of writing the first letter of a word in uppercase while the rest of the letters are in lowercase?
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What is the primary purpose of keeping a reading journal?
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What is the key characteristic of explicit information in a text?
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What is the main difference between claims of fact and claims of value?
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What is a characteristic of a good claim?
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What is the purpose of identifying explicit and implicit information in a text?
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What is the definition of a claim?
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What is the main difference between linear and non-linear text?
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What is hypertext, according to Nelson?
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What is an example of non-linear reading?
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What is the meaning of the prefix 'hyper-'?
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Who coined the terms 'hypertext' and 'hypermedia'?
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What is hypermedia?
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What is the main characteristic of a hypertext system?
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What are the smaller units of text in a hypertext system called?
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What is intertextuality, according to the definition?
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Why does intertextuality occur?
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Who is credited with coining the term intertextuality?
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Who laid the roots for intertextuality?
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What is retelling in the context of intertextuality?
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What is the primary difference between a pastiche and a parody?
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Which of the following is NOT a method of intertextuality?
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What is the purpose of asking 'Are there two or more stories involved?' when validating intertext?
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What is quotation in the context of intertextuality?
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Study Notes
Unethical Use of Animals in Testing
- Using animals in testing cosmetics and other drugs is considered unethical
Types of Claims
- Claims of Fact: statements that suggest whether something is true or untrue, with potential for controversy, conflict, and conversion
- Example: The Zika virus scare has reduced the popularity of 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
- Claims of Policy: statements that provide a solution or another series of questions in response to the claims of fact
- Example: Death penalty should be revived in the Philippines to stop heinous crimes
- Claims of Value: attempts to prove that some action, belief, or condition is right or wrong, involving aesthetic and morality
Hypertext and Intertextuality
- Hypertext: a series of chunks connected by links, offering readers different pathways, non-linear or multi-linear, non-sequential, nodal, and allowing reader navigation control
- Originated by Ted Nelson in 1965
- Developed with Andries Van Dam in 1968
- Hypermedia: not just text but also images, sounds, animations, or videos
- Multimedia: linking images, videos, sounds, and text
- Intertextuality: a process of text development that merges imitation and creation, incorporating properties of an original text into a new text
- Methods: retelling, pastiche, quotation, and allusion
- Examples: allusion to an idea or passage from another text, quotation of exact statements, pastiche of style or properties, and retelling of a story
Effective Language Use
- Appropriate Language Use: using the right words and tone for the context
- Objective tone: formal writing
- Subjective tone: informal writing
- Characteristics of Effective Language:
- Concrete and specific, not vague and abstract
- Concise, not verbose
- Familiar, not obscure
- Precise, not ambiguous
- Constructive, not destructive
- Appropriately formal
- Mechanics:
- Punctuation: comma, period, quotation marks, question marks, hyphens, apostrophes, parentheses, colons, and dashes
- Capitalization: writing the first letter of a word in uppercase
- Spelling: avoiding commonly misused words
- Abbreviation: shortened form of a word or phrase
- Acronyms: formed from the initial letters of a phrase
Critical Reading
- Simple Reading: understanding the text
- Critical Reading: analyzing and interpreting the text to evaluate logical ideas and connections
- Techniques to Develop Critical Reading Skills:
- Keeping a reading journal
- Annotating the text
- Note-taking
- Outlining the text
- Summarizing the text
- Questioning the text
Explicit and Implicit Information
- Explicit Information: clearly stated information
- Implicit Information: suggested or implied information, not openly stated
- Identifying explicit and implicit information helps in evaluating claims by an author
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Test your knowledge on the characteristics of effective language use, including tone, appropriateness, and mechanics. Learn about objective and subjective tones, and how to make your writing concise, familiar, and precise.
