https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/04/01/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/covid-19-conspiracy-theories/708368/ What does the text reveal about itself as a text? What does the text tell us about its...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/04/01/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/covid-19-conspiracy-theories/708368/

• What does the text reveal about itself as a text?


• What does the text tell us about its apparent intended audience(s)?


• What seems to have been the author’s intention?


• What is the occasion for this text?


• Is the text intended as some sort of call to – or for – action?


• Is the text intended rather as some sort of call to – or for – reflection or consideration rather than direct action?


• Why does the author wish the readers to do this? What is to be gained, and by whom?


• Can we identify any non-textual circumstances that affected the creation and reception of the text?