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Instructor: David Godoy
I) What is a text?
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*Jot down some words that come to mind.
II) Joseph Harris’ definition of a text:
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III) Besides a written work, what are some other things that can also be a text?
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IV) Can things like actions and events be considered a text?
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*Hint: ask yourself whether these things are ,“artifacts that can be retrieved and reexamined.”
V) What does the work of analysis seek to do?
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VI) What is denotation?
VII) What is connotation?
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VIII) Denotation → Connotation
Denotation= (literal meaning/dictionary definition)
Snake: a limbless, scaled reptile with a tapering body.
Connotation= (what it indirectly suggests-consider social/cultural overtones, emotional meanings)
-What does it mean to call someone a snake? --> “Once a snake, always a snake!”
Snake= _______________________________________________________
IX) Poster #1
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Things I Notice… |
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Implications
*What does this indirectly suggest? *What is at stake? *Who benefits? *Who is diminished? *So what? |
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Connotation |
X) Poster #2
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Denotation |
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Implications
*What does this indirectly suggest? *What is at stake? *Who benefits? *Who is diminished? *So what? |
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XI) The Onion Article
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Denotation |
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Words/Phrases/Quotes that I Notice… |
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Implications
*What does this indirectly suggest? *Consider-social/cultural overtones, emotional meanings. *So what?
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-Tone/General Attitude:____________________________________
-What is this satirical text commenting on/critiquing?:______________________
-What is its position?:_____________________________________________
New Vocabulary Words to Look Up Later:
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