key terminology

Question 1

primary purpose

Answer 1

the main and most easily recognisable purpose.

Question 2

secondary purpose

Answer 2

an additional and perhaps more subtle purpose.

Question 3

implied writer

Answer 3

a constructed image of the writer based on their writing.

Question 4

actual writer

Answer 4

anybody who engages with the text.

Question 5

mode

Answer 5

the channel of communication- written, spoken, multi-modal.

Question 6

blended mode

Answer 6

a text which combines convention of writing and speech.

Question 7

multi-modal text

Answer 7

a text that relies on the interplay of different modes (visual and written) to shape meaning.

Question 8

graphology

Answer 8

visual representation.

Question 9

intertextuality

Answer 9

a process by which texts borrow or refer to conventions of other texts.

Question 10

gap-filling

Answer 10

the act of adding meaning based on your own knowledge and the context of the text.

Question 11

tellability

Answer 11

the features of a story that make it worth telling:
high tellability= a narrative where someone presents interesting material in an engaging way.
- low tellability= a narrative that presents uninteresting material in an uninspiring way.

Question 12

literariness

Answer 12

the degree to which a text shows ‘literary’ qualities.

Question 13

space

Answer 13

a location in terms of coordination on a map

Question 14

place

Answer 14

a location that is given significance and values due to memories.

Question 15

culture

Answer 15

a set of practices that involve shared ways of thinking and acting.

Question 16

society

Answer 16

a group of people working and living in a specific place who act out cultural beliefs and practices.

Question 17

stereotype

Answer 17

a broad representation of a group of people based around exaggerated perceived characteristics.

Question 18

affordance

Answer 18

a property or characteristics of a particular genre or mode that is used by the writer.

Question 19

constraint

Answer 19

a property or characteristic of a genre or mode that limits the writer.

Question 20

exophoric storytelling

Answer 20

when a narrative is told in a different location to where the narrated events took place.

Question 21

endophoric storytelling

Answer 21

when a narrative is told in the same place as the narrated events took place.

Question 22

spatial deixis

Answer 22

adverbs of a place.

Question 23

temporal deixis

Answer 23

adverbs of time.

Question 24

proximal deixis

Answer 24

deictic expressions that refer to concepts, events, or people close to the speaker.

Question 25

distal deixis

Answer 25

deictic expressions that refer to concepts, events, or people at a distance from the speaker.

Question 26

asyndetic list

Answer 26

just commas in a list.

Question 27

syndetic list

Answer 27

connectives in a list.

Question 28

polysyndetic list

Answer 28

mix of commas and connectives in a list.

Question 29

noun phrase

Answer 29

a group of words built around a noun.

Question 30

verb phrase

Answer 30

a group of words built around a verb.

Question 31

pre modifier

Answer 31

a word that comes befit the head noun to add detail or clarity.

Question 32

post modifier

Answer 32

a word that comes after the head noun to add detail or clarity.

Question 33

qualifier

Answer 33

an additional word or phrase that adds detail to the noun.

Question 34

asynchronous interaction (blog term)

Answer 34

interaction between discourse participants that involves delays between turns that they take.

Question 35

synchronous interaction (blog term)

Answer 35

interaction that takes place in real time.

Question 36

discussion forum (blog term)

Answer 36

the online environment where members of a community can communicate with each other by posting messages and responding to those others.

Question 37

code switching (blog term)

Answer 37

going from one language into another over the course of the same interaction.