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LESSON 4 Context of Text Development

WARM UP (PRE-TEST)

Directions: Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if otherwise.

___T___1. Context is the related circumstances that surrounds the text.

___F___2. Intertexts are external links embedded in a text.
___F___3. Hypertext recognizes that the text is always influenced by previous texts.
___T___4. Intertextuality is the connection of one text to another.
___T___5. Both intertextuality and hypertextuality explains a text’s context.

LET’S BEGIN
TASK 1. A FAIRYALE STORY. The animated film “Shrek” features an ogre and a donkey set out on a
mission to rescue a princess and almost all the characters in the film are fairytale characters. Now,
list down at least five (5) fairytale characters from all the Shrek film with the title of their own
original story.

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Example: Big bad Wolf (from “The Three Little Pigs”)

1. __Puss (from “Puss and Boots”)_____________________
2. __Snow White (from “Snow White”)______ __________
3. __Fairy Godmother (from “ Cinderella”)____________
4. __Magical Mirror (from “Snow White”)______________
5. __Cinderella ( from “Cinderalla”)___________________

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TASK 2. LINKED TOGETHER. Grab a book near you or surf the internet, look for examples of
hyperlinks and take at least two (2) pictures or screenshots of them. Paste what you got on the
boxes below.

TASK 3. FROM ITS ORIGIN. Look for more examples of the different type of INTERTEXTUALITY. Provide
one (1) example for each type. Write down/paste what you got on the box it corresponds.

Appropriation Allusion Parody

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LET’S DO IT
TASK 4. A BETTER LOVE STORY. Write a 200-word essay focusing on the intertextuality present on
Love Story (Taylor Swift)’s lyrics.
1st Paragraph – Introduction of the work, Thesis/Claim
2nd Paragraph – Short summary
3rd Paragraph – How is INTERTEXTUALITY applied/presented
4th Paragraph – Conclusion

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We were both young when I first saw you. "Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts: I'll be waiting. All that's left to do is run.
I'm standing there You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
On a balcony in summer air. It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'.

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns, Romeo, save me. They're trying to tell me how to
See you make your way through the crowd, feel.
And say, "Hello." This love is difficult but it's real.
Little did I know... Don't be afraid. We'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'."
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet." Oh, oh, oh.
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go." I got tired of waiting,
And I said, Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone. When I met you on the outskirts of town.
I'll be waiting. All that's left to do is run. And I said,
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'." "Romeo, save me. I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you, but you never come.
So, I sneak out to the garden to see you. Is this in my head? I don't know what to think."
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew. He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and
So, close your eyes, said,
Escape this town for a little while.
Oh, oh. "Marry me, Juliet. You'll never have to be alone
I love you, and that's all I really know.
'Cause you were Romeo. I was a scarlet letter. I talked to your dad. Go pick out a white dress.
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet." It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'."
But you were everything to me.

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FIRM UP (POST-TEST)

Directions: Analyze whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE. Write T if the statement is TRUE and F
if otherwise.

_____1. Context focuses on the just historical backgrounds.

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_____2. A hypertext can lead to works of other authors.

_____3. A translated text is a hypertext of its original source.
_____4. Nonlinearity can only be possible for digital sources.
_____5. A parody is an intertext of the source in imitates.
_____6. Appropriations are text reimagined as films only.
_____7. Hypertext connects the reader’s previous read texts to what they are currently
reading.
_____8. “Chocolate is my Achilles’ heel”, is an example of allusion.
_____9. The story of “Cinderella” is one of the most common example with many
appropriations.
_____10. Both intertextuality and hypertextuality are factors which contribute to the context of
reading.

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