Comprehension Flashcards
What is the following type of question: How does the multimodality of Text 3 influence your interpretation of it?
Open question
What is the following type of question: Explain how an attitude towards mining is expressed through a specific textual feature.
Partially open question
What is the following type of question: Analyse how the central character’s attitudes are represented through the narrative point of view used in Text 2.
Closed question
When including evidence from the text you are discussing, ensure that you embed your chosen quote within a sentence. What is this called?
Contextualising the quotes
When discussing textual examples, ask yourself questions such as: what is the effect of this language feature/convention I have identified? what is its impact? What is this called?
Interrogating your evidence
To demonstrate your ability in comprehending how language works, you need to conduct some “micro-analysis” of one aspect of the example provided. What is this called?
Zooming in and explaining why
Providing textual evidence to justify the point being made in your topic sentence, proving your thesis statement and relating to the wording of the question, is known as what?
Justifying the inclusion of the evidence selected
Establishing the context in which an image was produced and received before you begin deconstructing the use of codes allows you to have a better understand of the producer’s intention and the dominant meaning of the image.
Contextual information
May be people, animals or inanimate objects. they are crucial active elements within an image and can be divided into two categories:
1. actors - who are doing things
2. goals - who are having things done to them through action or gaze.
Participants
People, animals or inanimate objects in images that are not directly linked to the main participants. Provide information and context without actively contributing to the narrative, but their removal would reduce the amount of information being communicated by the image.
Circumstances.
What are the three types of circumstances
- Circumstances of setting
- Circumstances of means
- Circumstances of accompaniment
worn by the participants or circumstances are often important contributors to the meaning of an image.
Costume and makeup
The posture of people, animals and creatures in images are cues intended to be read by viewers. Informs viewers about the status of individuals or the relationship between participants.
Body language
may be self-directed or may be directed at other participants.
Gestures
Important cultural cue that we interpret in our attempt to understand the emotions of people around us. set of symbols that we have learnt to read through our interactions with others.
Facial expression
