2 And 3 Flashcards
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What is the relationship between text and context?
Text cannot exist in a vacuum; it is always influenced by its context.
How did Halliday & Hasan define text?
Any passage, spoken or written, that forms a unified whole.”
. What is cohesion?
The grammatical and lexical connection between parts of a text (e.g., pronouns like “it” referring to previous elements).
What are the 7 criteria of textuality?
Cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality, intertextuality.
What is coherence?
: Logical connection based on background knowledge, even if the grammar is correct.
What is intentionality in texts?
The writer’s or speaker’s intention to communicate something specific.
Q: What does acceptability mean in a text?
-The degree to which a text is appropriate and acceptable to its audience.
What is informativity in a text?
The amount of new or expected information it provides to the reader.
What is situationality?
The relevance of the text to the situation in which it is used.
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What is intertextuality?
A text’s relationship with other texts in form or meaning.
What are Halliday’s three components/characteristics of context?
‘Field (what is happening), tenor (who is involved), mode (how it’s communicated).
What is the “context of situation”?
The environment in which the text occurs, including participants, setting, and purpose.
What is a narrative text?
A story in which a series of events and actions are told in a sequential manner, that is, telling the story from the beginning to the end.
What is the purpose of narrative texts?
. To entertain or inform by presenting events in a meaningful sequence
. What is narrative structure?
The framework that organizes the story, including content and plot.
What are the five common types of narrative structure?
Linear, non-linear, circular, parallel, interactive.
What is a linear narrative structure?
A story told in chronological order.
What is a non-linear narrative structure?
A: A story with events told out of sequence, often using flashbacks.
… What is a circular narrative?
A story that ends where it began.
What is a parallel narrative structure?
Two or more storylines told simultaneously, sometimes intersecting.
What is an interactive narrative structure?
The reader/viewer chooses how the story progresses (e.g., “Choose Your Own Adventure”).
What are the 7 key elements of narrative structure?
Theme, plot, characters, conflict, setting, point of view, style.
: What is theme in a narrative?
The central message or insight the author conveys.
. What are the five traditional stages of plot?
Exposition, risi’ng action, climax, falling action, resolution.
