Clarify concern or issue addressed in
the text
Examine the textual features
Give the role or position of the writer /
persona
Analyze the rhetorical context
Identify intended reader / audience
Analyze the rhetorical context
Give the position taken by the writer
Examine the textual features
Identify the influences of external
factors on the text (socio-political and
cultural context)
Place the text in a new context
b. Assess the relationship of the text and
other text across culture
3. Place the text in a new context
d. Clarify exigency of purpose of writing
1. Analyze the rhetorical context
Asses language used in the text
Examine the textual features
Identify text specific features
supporting the issue or the writer’s
stand.
Examine the textual features
Check the universality of the meaning
of the text
Place the text in a new context
Evaluate suggestive level of meanings
found in the text.
Examine the textual features
Interpreting the meaning and communicating
this orally or in writing is what the reader does
in response to the
text
It is important to note that a text can be
meaningful to a reader who cannot express
this meaning words.
It is important to note that a text can be
meaningful to a reader who cannot express
this meaning words.
are identified because of their
subtleties and intricacies of their multi-level
meanings and actual meaning of the text is
always hidden and implicit in the fabric of the
work’s devices.
Literary texts
is through the complete
evaluation of the signifying complexity of the
rhetoric, figures of speech, images, symbols,
allusions, connotations, suggestions and
implication of the entire text.
Meaning in literature
The reading of literature is in the perspective
of building connections among
Nations and culture
Communication tools are important in delivering
speech through a
visual and audio presentation.
Choosing the appropriate tools to deliver a message
to the audience is
essential
VISUAL AIDS
These include:
handouts
• PowerPoint
• overhead transparencies
• Slides
• Flip-cards
• Blackboards
• Whiteboards
• Other forms of Print media
AUDIO AIDS
These include:
Digital audio (mp3 or mp4) players
• compact discs
• radio broadcast