Terms Essential English 2020

3. the use of language and detail in a text appropriate for its purpose, audience and context
6. having a natural or due agreement of parts; connected; consistent; logical; orderly; well-structured and makes sense; rational,
11. the group of readers, listeners or viewers that the writer, designer, filmmaker or speaker is addressing
12. features of vocabulary, syntax and grammar that bind different parts of a text together;
15. the way a reader/viewer is positioned by a text or how a particular ideology is embedded in a text, for example, a feminist perspective; a point of view or way of regarding/thinking about situations, facts and texts
17. make an idea or situation plain or clear by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts; provide additional information
18. the environment in which a text is responded to or created; can include the general social, historical and cultural conditions
19. features of language that support meaning (e.g. sentence structure, noun group/phrase, vocabulary, punctuation, figurative language)
20. refers to a system of communication chosen as the way to transmit a message; the choice of language mode may be written, spoken/signed, nonverbal, in combination, these systems of communication form multimodal texts
21. print, graphic or electronic communications with a public audience; often involve numerous people in their construction

1. characteristics, qualities, philosophical and emotional stances; for example, moral principles or standards, often shared with others in a cultural group
2. operate or put into effect; apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice
4. knowledgeable; learned; having relevant knowledge; being conversant with the topic;
5. a genre’s distinguishing structures, features and patterns that relate to context, purpose and audience
7. distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy
8. beliefs or attitudes about such things as gender, religion, ethnicity, youth, age, disability, sexuality, social class and work that are taken for granted
9. capable of changing someone’s ideas, opinions or beliefs
10. choose in preference to another or others; pick out
13. acceptable; suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, circumstance, context,
14. ways in which information is organised in different types of texts (for example, layout, headings, leads, subheadings, overviews, introductory and concluding paragraphs, sequencing, topic sentences, cause and effect)
16. create or put together (e.g. an argument) by arranging ideas or items