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4 21st Century

Lesson 4 Context and Text’s Meaning

Context originates from the notion of weaving together. It is defined as the circumstances that form the setting of events, statements, or ideas and in the way of which it can be fully understood and assessed. Reading a literary piece may contribute to the production of the author and the reception of the reader as they appreciate and explore.

  • The writer's context: is knowing about the writer's life, values, assumptions, gender, race, race, sexual orientation, and the political and economic issues related to the author.

  • Reader's context: is about the reader's previous reading experience, values, assumptions, political and economic issues.

  • The text's context: is about its publishing history. It is part of the larger text such as newspaper, history, events, translated in it.

  • Social context: and socio-cultural of a text feature the society in which the characters live and in which the author's text was produced.

Imagery: is creating a picture in the reader's mind by using words that appeal to the senses. There are types of Imagery that are used in this module. (Menoy 2016)

  • Visual imagery: produced by the use of words that appeal to the sense of sight.

  • Auditory Imagery: produced by the use of words that appeal to the sense of hearing.

  • Kinesthetic imagery: produced by the use of words that appeal to the actions and movement.

Literary Techniques: are methods the author or writer of a literary piece used to convey what they want to impart to the reader, such as:

  • Flashback: where the events have taken place before the present time the narration is following.

4 21st Century

Lesson 4 Context and Text’s Meaning

Context originates from the notion of weaving together. It is defined as the circumstances that form the setting of events, statements, or ideas and in the way of which it can be fully understood and assessed. Reading a literary piece may contribute to the production of the author and the reception of the reader as they appreciate and explore.

  • The writer's context: is knowing about the writer's life, values, assumptions, gender, race, race, sexual orientation, and the political and economic issues related to the author.

  • Reader's context: is about the reader's previous reading experience, values, assumptions, political and economic issues.

  • The text's context: is about its publishing history. It is part of the larger text such as newspaper, history, events, translated in it.

  • Social context: and socio-cultural of a text feature the society in which the characters live and in which the author's text was produced.

Imagery: is creating a picture in the reader's mind by using words that appeal to the senses. There are types of Imagery that are used in this module. (Menoy 2016)

  • Visual imagery: produced by the use of words that appeal to the sense of sight.

  • Auditory Imagery: produced by the use of words that appeal to the sense of hearing.

  • Kinesthetic imagery: produced by the use of words that appeal to the actions and movement.

Literary Techniques: are methods the author or writer of a literary piece used to convey what they want to impart to the reader, such as:

  • Flashback: where the events have taken place before the present time the narration is following.