textual
Pertaining to writing
Textual means relating to or based on a text.
Textual analysis examines written works closely.
Textual evidence comes from the words on the page rather than inference or outside sources.
In digital contexts, textual distinguishes words from images, audio, or video: The app supports textual and visual content.
Treated hide for manuscripts
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- scrollWound document of parchment
- codexAncient bound manuscript
folio · palimpsest · binding · leaf · recto · verso · quire · illumination
Methodical study of parts
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
meaning · connotation · inference · nuance · ambiguity · reading · critique · interpretation
Original text before publication
- handwrittenWritten by hand
- typewrittenProduced by striking keys
- scriptWritten words for performance
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
inscription · calligraphy · longhand · shorthand · cursive · autograph · printed · typeset
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- bibliographyList of cited works
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- journalRecord of daily events
publication · monograph · dissertation · thesis · abstract · treatise · commentary · appendix
Account of events
- proseUnversified language
- fictionImagined narrative work
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
genre · plot · characterization · theme · symbolism · allegory · fable · epic
Written or electronic file
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- archiveStored historical records
- dossierFile of personal information
memorandum · communique · dispatch · correspondence · epistle · briefing · declaration · proclamation
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- scrollWound document of parchment
codex · folio · palimpsest · binding · leaf · recto · verso · quire · illumination · rubric
analysis
Methodical study of parts
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
deconstruction · meaning · connotation · inference · nuance · ambiguity · reading · critique · interpretation · close reading
manuscript
Original text before publication
- handwrittenWritten by hand
- typewrittenProduced by striking keys
- scriptWritten words for performance
transcription · inscription · calligraphy · longhand · shorthand · cursive · autograph · printed · typeset · legible
citation
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- bibliographyList of cited works
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
journal · publication · monograph · dissertation · thesis · abstract · treatise · commentary · appendix · index
narrative
Account of events
dialogue · genre · plot · characterization · theme · symbolism · allegory · fable · epic · saga
document
Written or electronic file
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- archiveStored historical records
dossier · memorandum · communique · dispatch · correspondence · epistle · briefing · declaration · proclamation · certificate
- qualitativequalitative, descriptive, interpretive, subjective, observational
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
- worship stylesliturgical, contemporary, traditional, charismatic, evangelical
textualpictorial
Relating to pictures
visual · graphic · imagistic · nontextual · nonverbal
textualcontextual
Relative to surrounding conditions
subtextual · intertextual · biographical · historical · performative
- hair textureHow strands look and feel
- food texturePhysical sensation when chewing
- natural texture
- creamy textureSmooth, rich tactile quality
- smooth textureEven, frictionless surface quality
- chewy textureResistant to biting through