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EXPLICIT AND
IMPLICIT
CLAIMS IN A
TEXT
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CLAIMS
Is a statement that is not considered
accepted by all. A claim may be unverified
or controversial to a certain degree. It is
usually related to one side of an issue.
It is also called a position.
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3 KINDS
OF CLAIMS
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1. Claims of FACT
Claims of facts relate to a statement that can be
verified, no matter how difficult. They are not
dependent merely on a person’s preference, but
can be true or false.
1. Claims of FACT
- Did it happen?
- Is it true?
- Is it a fact?
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2. Claims of VALUE
3. Claims of POLICY
3. Claims of POLICY
ANOTHER EXAMPLES:
CLAIMS OF FACT:
CONTEXT OF
TEXT
DEVELOPMENT
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HYPERTEXT
A hypertext-enabled text contains highlighted
words or sequence of words that, when they
are clicked or tapped, takes the reader into
another text which is about the highlighted
sequence of words. When hypertext is
accessed through the internet, it is also called
a Universal Resource Locator (URL), more
commonly known as the web address.
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INTERTEXTUALITY
Intertextuality is the idea that the
creation of a text is influenced by other
text. When a writer writes a text, he or
she do so in a way that ideas and
properties of a text are shaped by
ideas and properties of other text.
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Difference between HYPERTEXT AND
INTERTEXTUALITY
RETELLING
Is when an author restates what
other texts contain. It could be in
the form of a retelling of a narrative
or a re-expression of an idea or
concept.
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ALLUSION
EXAMPLES OF ALLUSION
QUOTATION
PASTICHE
Is a text written in a way that it imitates
the style or other properties of another
text, without mocking the text, as
parody.
Pastiche is imitation of literary works.