READING AND WRITING personalization because you get to select the order in which you read the

text and focus on information that is relevant to your background and

Lesson Title: CONTEXT OF TEXT DEVELOPMENT: HYPERTEXT AND INTERTEXT
interests.
HYPERTEXT
Intertextuality
✔ Presents a new way to read online text that differs from reading the standard
￮ It is the modeling of a text's meaning by another text.
linear text.
￮ It is defined as the connections between language, images, characters,
✔ The text is typically presented in a linear form, in which there is a single way to
themes, or subjects depending on their similarities in language, genre or
progress through the text, starting at the beginning and reading to the end.
discourse.
However, in hypertext, information can be presented in a semantic network
Types of Intertextuality
in which multiple related sections of the text are connected to each other.
1. OBLIGATORY INTERTEXTUALITY
A user may then browse through the sections of the text that will be most
relevant to his or her interests. The writer in this type of intertextuality deliberately involves a comparison
or association between two or more text.
It is simply a non-linear way of presenting information in which the readers
may follow their own path, create their own order – their own meaning out 2. OPTIONAL INTERTEXTUALITY
of the material.
The intent of the writer when using optional intertextuality is to pay
homage to the original writer.

3. ACCIDENTAL INTERTEXTUALITY

This type of intertextuality is observed when readers connect a text with

another text, cultural practice, or a personal experience without there being
any tangible anchor point within the original text.

A reader can skim through sections of a text, freely jumping from

one part to another depending on what aspect of the text interests him/her.
Thus, in reading with hypertext, you are given more flexibility and
 Examples of Intertextuality

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Give the similarities and differences between hypertext and intertext.

Hypertext Intertext

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A
%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDracula-Movie-
%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki
Lugosi-Poster-Print%2Fdp
%2FThe_Twilight_Saga
%2FB000JVZF3C&psig=AOvVaw22R0Iu9QFEpVi
%3A_Eclipse&psig=AOvVaw15EKGhJqKXviX97z0
52dnkbfYi&ust=1589209875803000&source=imag
n64vE&ust=1589209798808000&source=images&
es&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwiSop6iyqnpAhXt6zgGH
cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwiZ8ML9yanpAhUVGHIKHc_
YjMAZsQr4kDegUIARCDAg
HDSEQr4kDegUIARCrAg

https://www.joblo.com/movie- Noah and the Ark, Sweet Publishing, Retrieved from

posters/2007/evan-almighty/ http://www.freebibleimages.org/illustrations/noah-
image-18933 ark/
Answer Key

Hypertext
✔ Presents a new way to read online
text that differs from reading the
standard linear text.
✔ The text is typically presented in a
linear form, in which there is a
single way to progress through the
text, starting at the beginning and
reading to the end.
It is simply a non-linear way of
presenting information in which the
readers may follow their own path,
create their own order – their own
meaning out of the material.
Intertext
￮ It is the modeling of a text's
meaning by another text.
￮ It is defined as the connections
between language, images,
characters, themes, or subjects
depending on their similarities
in language, genre or
discourse.