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Impulse refers to a person’s base inner drive or temptation. It is the urge we have before we apply impulse control which restrains these urges. For instance, we may have the impulse to cry, have an emotional outburst, laugh out loud, spend money we shouldn’t, and eat that cake! Impulsive behavior was a central concept […]

The author’s purpose of a text refers to why they wrote the text. It;s important to know the author’s purpose for a range of reasons, including: Below are a range of possible purposes that authors may have when writing texts. Author’s Purpose Examples 1. To Inform Common Text Genres: News articles, Research papers, Textbooks, Biographies,

Pragmatics is the study of how context influences how we interpret and make meaning of communication. It is often described as the study of “language in use”. Sometimes, the literal meaning of what is said isn’t the implied meaning. For example, pragmatics such as metaphor, irony, euphemism, and sarcasm require contextual understanding in order to

Inference is a cognitive process whereby we derive conclusions, assumptions, predictions, and explanations based on our interpretations of observable data. The process of inferring something serves us well because it helps us make guesses and estimates, predict outcomes, and come to well-founded assumptions that can inform our decision-making. It enables us to make sense of

When transitioning to conclusions, we can simply use the term “In conclusion”, but over time, this word starts to feel tedious and repetitive. There are better ways to do it. Transition words help your essays flow more easily and act as signposts for your reader so they know when you’re moving from one part of

A theoretical framework is a theory that can be applied to interpret and understand data in your research study. A useful working definition comes from Connaway and Radford (2021): “…a theoretical framework utilizes theory/theories and their constituent elements as the presumed ‘working model’ that drives the investigation and analysis of a social phenomenon.” (Connaway &

Content analysis is a research method and type of textual analysis that analyzes the meanings of content, which could take the form of textual, visual, aural, and otherwise multimodal texts. Generally, a content analysis will seek meanings and relationships of certain words and concepts within the text or corpus of texts, and generate thematic data

In literature, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message that the author is presenting for us to ponder. It represents the underlying meaning or main idea that the writer explores in the book. In my last article, I explored the six types of conflict in literature, and these represent six key literary themes

Juvenile delinquency refers to behaviors by people not legally adults that are outside of the norms of society, either formally or informally. Generally, it will refer specifically to behaviors that are illegal and enforced by formal social controls, such as through criminal justice agencies. However, it may also refer to engagement in taboo and personally