Imagine that you wanted to critique a "Purdue home basketball game" as a text. Based on our use of the word "text" in this class, what would be the best way (both specific and comprehensive) to define your text?

Imagine that you wanted to critique a "Purdue home basketball game" as a text. Based on our use of the word "text" in this class, what would be the best way (both specific and comprehensive) to define your text?





a. All of the symbols involved in the game, for the time period from tipoff to 0:00 on the clock at the end.
b. All of the words spoken or written in the official game and arena, including names on jerseys, words painted on the court, announcer commentaries, words on Paint Crew t-shirts, and scoreboard information. If something that is part of the game does not use words, however, it is outside the scope of what can be analyzed as text.
c. The whole atmosphere of the game.
d. The symbols that define the game, including but not limited to the arena itself, the variety of fans and their attire, uniforms, the court, public announcements, scoreboard words and symbols, and the actions in the game itself.
e. Articles in the newspaper on game day and the day after.










Answer: D


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