The Power of Context

We'll highlight a few important parts of the deconstruction process for further investigation.

Context

We highlight it here, because although we've brought it up before, we find that students tend to struggle with it. Here are a few ways to help clarify the concept of context.

Context: A set of facts about some event that happened today takes on much more meaning, accuracy even, when the writer gives you context, such as the HISTORY that led to the event, COMPARISON to similar events, CONNECTION between these players and outside parties, and responsible PREDICTIONS of what comes next.

With all context, today’s isolated event makes more sense.

Here's an example:

If you were to see this picture, what would your initial reaction be?