foundational texts & historical accounts

foundational texts & historical accounts

1. A foundational text is a text that has a great significance in a country or city, for example "Of Plymouth Plantation". A foundational text can have 3 characteristics:

   • Purpose: is the reason why an author writes a particular text. the purpose might be to inform, entertain, to express beliefs or persuade..
   • theme: a theme is the central idea or message about life, that the author wants to communicate.
   • Rhetorical Features: this includes the methods that the author uses to communicate his ideas to readers. authors can use 2 methods:
     • Repetition: repeats a word, phrase,or idea.
     • Allusion: is a reference to something that the author expects will be familiar.

2. Historical accounts are stories that tell true events, this events could have happened in the past.

3. Determine Central Ideas

   • the central ideas of a text are the most important. sometimes the author can state a direct main idea.

4. Paraphrasing:Restating the text in own words