Vlog – Interesting to watch because they engage most of your senses.
MULTIMODAL TEXTS
• Newspapers
• Print advertisement
• Picture books
• Posters
• Documentaries
• Story Boards
• Comics
• Animations
• Brochure
• Web page
Forms of Modes
• Reading
• Speaking
• Writing
• Listening
• Viewing
Elements of Multimodal texts
1. Visual
2. Linguistic
3. Audio
4. Spatial
5. Gestural
Visual – Refers to viewpoint, shade, hue, color
Linguistic – refers to structures if both oral and written language, this includes
grammar and vocabulary.
Audio – Refers to music, volume, inflection, accent, tone, rhythm, sound effects
and silence.
Spatial – refers to direction, position, distance, arrangement etc.
Gestural – refers to movements, gestures, eye contact, facial expressions, etc.
MULTIMODAL TEXTS
▪ Live
▪ Digital
▪ Paper-based
Live multimodal texts – are shown through combinations of different modes such
as gestural, spatial and oral language.
Digital multimodal texts – are presented through dynamic combinations of various
modes across written and spoken languages.
Paper-based multimodal texts – are conveyed through the readers’ varying
combinations of written language and still image.
Opinion – is person’s belief or take on a certain issue.
Plausible opinions – are supported by strong pieces of evidence.
3 CLAIMS
1. Claims of fact
2. Claims of value
3. Claims of Policy
Claim
- Is an arguable statement that defines your goal of the essay
- It is the central statement of a text where the writer tries to prove his point
Claims of Fact
- These are statements that guarantee that a particular position on status is
believed to be true based on known or accepted facts.
- It asserts that a condition existed, exists or will exist and are based on facts
or data
Claims of Value
- These are statements that are designed to gauge the acceptability and
desirability of a state or condition.
- A claim that is based on preference such as likes or dislikes, good or bad.
Claims of Policy
- Statement that argues that something needs to be done, may it be making a
law or calling for action
- A claim of policy usually has the modals should, must and ought to.
Exposition text
- intended to convince people to rally behind the point of view you strongly
believe in ad defend
- The writer or speaker uses this personal approach to create an atmosphere of
empathy.
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
♦ Statement of Position
♦ Argument
♦ Reinforcement of the statement of position
Statement of position
- Introduction to the topic
- Background study of the topic
Argument
- This portion should begin with a key statement that will give your audience
an idea of where you stand regarding the issue.
Reinforcement of the statement of position
- Refers to the summation of your argument. A particular call for action is
stated here.
Language feature – helps strengthen the value and meaning of the exposition texts.
They refer to the use of the following:
• Conjunctions – connects the ideas in the argument. They join words, phrases
and sentences. Example: and, so, if, but, because, therefore.
• Thinking verb – feel, know, agreed, believe, think
• Connective words – for example, in particular, finally and firstly.
• Modal verbs – highlight the attitude of writer (should, might, could and can)
• Evaluate expressions – provide the extent to which an idea is endorsed and
allowed (best, largest, greatest. Important)
• Words acknowledging others’ point of view – conclude, confirm, argue,
maintain, report, insist and claim
• Adverbial Contrasts and concession – convey opposition while recognizing
another person’s point of view. (Although, despite if, even, though,
however, nevertheless)
• Declarative sentences – are constructed if you intend to make a statement.
• Rhetorical questions – are questions not intended or designed tp be a n
sewered but merely used for effects
Bibliography – is a collection of the reliable sources used, listed in an organized
pattern.
Quotation marks
- are punctuation that can be single (‘’) or used by pairs (“”). It oftentimes
implies and signifies material borrowed from an original source
- To indicate title
Indention – is the space between left side margin and the first line of paragraph.
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