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Text Analysis
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Mind Map on Text Analysis, created by sara.hillier on 11/11/2013.
Mind Map by
sara.hillier
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Text Analysis
Purpose of text?
identify text user
Context of culture
Context of situation
Action from user?
Genre
Narrative, Recount, Procedure, Explanation, Info Report, Argument/ Persuasive
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Field: subject matter, topic
Open word classes
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
doing, being, having, saying, thinking words also carry tense
Closed word classes
Pronouns
Instead of noun: I, we, he, she, it
possessive: my, your, his, her, their
Position/belong: us/them, we/they, our, us
Conjunctions
Tenor: feelings, tone, attitude
tenor affects mood
Mode: speech, writing, visual, audio
Mood
Declarative: state facts
Interrogative: questioning
Imperative: command/ directive
Discourse
insiders/outsiders?
Cohesion
the glue: plays role in insider/outsider of Discourse
Repeated words
Related words
Conjunctions
time or sequence: when, then, after
show idea, action: because so,as
logical progression: thus, therefore
add ideas: and, as well
compare/contrast: but, also, yet
Modality
High: definitely, always, never Mid: probably, generally, usually Low: perhaps, sometimes
Modality is a powerful tool in texts, degrees of possibility strong shape how reader is positioned and responds
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