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studying the how and why of language and literature by asking searching questions of every aspect of the written piece, e.g. by examining the context of the writing, the bias of the author, the omissions and selections, the editing decisions taken, the balance of fact and opinion; and being aware of prejudice and stereotypes, emotive, manipulative and persuasive language, and propaganda.
See informal letter.
a shot of a human subject in full, from feet to head.
the study of visual texts, like film, photographs, graphic representations, illustrations,...
the choice and use of words that fit a context best; the particular words a writer or speaker...
a shortened form of a word, e.g. Mr for Mister, st for street, Prof. ...