TEXT

Classic texts stay relevant. They’re ability to appeal to a wide range of audiences gives the text a dominant and famous position in society. To be intellectually and fundamentally captivating is what most texts in International Relations aim to achieve once published but only the intellectual landmark texts are recognised and acknowledged. Barack Obama, the new president at the time, delivered a speech at Cairo University in Egypt in some fashion. Undoubtedly, Obama’s linguistic use is very…

Making Connections: The Crucible and A Simple Plan Text to text Text to self Text to world Common theme: Through the development of different characters in both novels the authors reveal how greed eventually results in problems. When I was younger my older sister would always mess with me by telling me that my toys had monsters inside them. When she wanted to take one of my toys she would tell me that it was actually an evil monster which would scare me into not using the toy anymore. She knew…

With the design and implementation of Common Core in recent years (Selection of Authentic Texts, 2013), many researchers and educators struggle to find common ground on the proper use of authentic, simplified and elaborate texts in the classroom for second language acquisition (SLA) (e.g., Crossley, Mouwerse, McCarthy & McNamara, 2007; Allen, 2009; Young, 1999). For teachers of English language learners (ELLs), this problem is compounded by the dual task of teaching content and language skills,…

quickly whenever I read a long text that is full of information or does not have any pictures or graphs. So instead of reading “The Federalist Paper” in one go, I break it down into sections and then use a highlighter to highlight important facts and take notes as I go. These learning tips are not new, but I always find them helpful when I need to analyze the text later on. I also tend to get lost a lot when I read and end up skimming and skipping throughout the text.…

Throughout the history of literature, a multitude of interesting and perplexing texts have been written. Throughout our time in AP Literature at WHS in Semester 1, we have read a great number of these great texts. Oftentimes, students are asked to pick favorite texts in classes like the AP Literature class. Yet, when faced with this question, a student must decide what qualifies a text as being their favorite. Dictionary.com defines favorite as, “a person or thing regarded with special favor or…

In this essay I will be analysing the similarities and differences between the practical caravan text and the guardian text. The caravan text is an article advertising their attractions. Their audience is families looking for a holiday in the UK. There primary purpose is to persuade but their secondary purpose is to inform. However, the guardian text is a webpage and has a target audience who are parents. Their purpose is to engage the reader by being argumentative of two sides of a debate. The…

My graphic text tells the story of my first year at camp. It discusses how nervous I was to go to camp but how at the end my camp session, it was one of the best things I had ever done. The theme of my graphic text is to not overthink things because they will always turn out well. In my graphic text, I communicated my theme using composition, proportion, line and contrast. I also communicated my theme using the sizing of my panels and the balloons. My graphic text has five panels.…

Importance of the text-picture integration Many teachers are largely unaware of the importance of the text-picture integration; there can be no doubt that students require instructional support in developing the ability to interpret pictures in texts (Bartholomé & Bromme, 2009). A general problem is that pictures—unlike written texts—can be processed very rapidly to gain a rough impression of the information conveyed. Due to…

The purpose of textual analysis is to describe the content, structure, and functions of the messages contained in texts. (Frey, L., Botan, C., & Kreps, G., 1999). Textual analysis of a screenplay requires observing all the elements that create meaning within the piece. Based on true events 99 Homes skilfully tells one fictional story that speaks for thousands of true ones. (Persall, 2015) It tells the story of Dennis (Andrew Garfield) an unemployed single dad that loses his house where he…

is a book about depression, despair and ultimately, hope. The book follows a girl struggling with depression who, at the end of the book, finds hope in the form of a red tree. For a picture book to be successful, both the illustrations and written text generally can exist independently, but complement each other. There is a strong marriage between the written and visual language in Tan’s book that creates a harmonious connection to powerfully and effectively represent depression. The…