Understanding Hypertextuality and Intertextuality in Digital Text

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What is the main characteristic of Hypertextuality according to the text?

  • Accessed only through voice commands
  • Using only text without any images
  • Linear way of presenting information
  • Non-linear way of presenting information (correct)

In the context of Hypertextuality, what are Hyperlinks used for?

  • To restrict access to other pages
  • To increase the size of the text
  • To provide references to other text that the reader can access (correct)
  • To format the text in a more appealing way

What does the Cursor changing to a hand signify in relation to a Hypertext document?

  • Indicating a hyperlink that can be clicked (correct)
  • Moving to the next page
  • Highlighting the text
  • Indicating that typing mode is active

How is the World Wide Web (www) described in the context of Hypertextuality?

<p>A global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet (C)</p>
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What is the primary function of selecting a piece of Hypertext?

<p>To navigate to more hypertext, books, movies, sounds, and images (A)</p>
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What is one of the main pedagogical benefits of incorporating hypertext in the composition class according to the text?

<p>Promotes dialogue (A)</p>
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In intertextuality, which type involves borrowing from another text and reimagining it in a new light?

<p>Appropriation (C)</p>
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What does Aimee Cesaire's play, 'A Tempest', aim to do with Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' according to the text?

<p>Transforms the characters' races and roles (D)</p>
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What did William Golding do differently with his novel 'Lord of the Flies' compared to the source material from Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'?

<p>Rejected glorified storytelling for a darker narrative (D)</p>
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Which type of intertextuality involves creating a funny imitation or satire of another text?

<p>Parody (A)</p>
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