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Meaning and Style
The writer's choice of form and structure help as much as their lexical (word) choice to create the meaning and style of a text.
Presentation and organization of texts tell readers:
where to look
the order in which to read material
what information or ideas have particular priority or importance
Create effects, causing us to read something more quickly, or to make us stop and reflect
Form
Refers to the type, shape, and overall presentation of a text.
Structure
Refers to how a text is organized and ordered, which can apply to both the entire text and individual components like sentence arrangement.
Examples of form and structure
Title
Headings and subheadings
Font
Introduction
Images
Types of text structure
Chronological
Description
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Chronological
Sequenced according to time.
Description
Describes something through characteristics, features, and examples.
Compare and Contrast
Explains how two or more things are alike or different.
Cause and Effect
Connects events (causes) with their results (effects)
Problem and Solution
Presents a problem followed by its solution.
Prose
Continuous text, as found in novels, which is more challenging to identify form and structure compared to visual texts.
Features of Form in Prose
Paragraphs
Direct speech
Prose description of setting or action
Short, simple sentences
Long, complex sentences
Direct Speech
Spoken language shown by speech marks or inverted commas
Complex sentences
Made up of an independent (main) clause and at least one subordinate (dependent) clause.
Prepositions
Words that describe the relationship between things, such as ‘under,’ ‘by,’ and ‘near.’
Prepositions Group 1
Aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before
Prepositions Group 2
Behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except for
Prepositions Group 3
From, in, into, like, of, off, on, over, past, since, through
Prepositions Group 4
From, in, into, like, of, off, on, over, past, since, through
Past-perfect tense
Expresses past events or actions which have been completed. All past-perfect tenses take this form regardless of the subject.
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