Beyond Words Review Questions

1. Some examples of text are books, movies, magazines, TV productions, music, clothes and art. Books, magazines, movies, TV productions, and music is pretty self explanatory in the form of text. I chose to add art to my list because although you cannot read art, words are hidden within artwork. Just like the quote states, " A picture is worth a thousand words". By artwork I mean paintings, scultptures, collages, murals, etc. I also added clothes because someone's personal style is a form of art. You can create mental stories about someone or tell a story just by their outfit.
4. Genre is a category for a specific thing. For example, there are different types of genres in music, text, or as they stated dogs. The reason for genres is to classify or identify a specific type of interest. Genres in music are rap, r&b, classical, jazz, heavy metal, etc. Genres in text are fiction, nonfiction, mystery, romance, etc.
14. When you take a text apart, you should be looking for unity. This usually reveals the theme or feeling. Look for sequences. This links events or different parts of a text. Look for parts. This breaks the whole down. Look for patterns or repetition. Look for arrangement and balance, contrasts, and heirachy in texts. Heirachy meaning some things are more important than others.
15. Details are important in a text because they sometimes make up the text. For example, "Its cold and raining outside" compared to "The shivering, cold, icy, tingling sensation increased on the spine of my back as the sharp, transparant, liquid pierced through the air colliding with the damp grey cement". Details create a vivid imagination in the mind of the reader and makes it easier to understand the text.
17. Perspective is defined in the text as the illusion of depth in paintings. Perspective varies depending on the person and what you are reading or looking at. Perspective is closely related to experience and point of view. Both are internal opinions and the way the reader views things.