EAPP ☹️ (Quiz 1) Flashcards by SiZAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!

written by professionals in a given field and is also intended for a scholarly audience.
must be formal and contain words and terms specific to the field.

ACADEMIC TEXT

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Primary goal of academic writing?

to inform the audience while providing non-biased information

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To avoid plagiarism, sources of evidence and research must be _____?

cited.

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What are the Nature and Characteristics of an Academic Text:

• Structure
• Tone
• Language
• Complexity
• evidence-based arguments
• Thesis driven

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Unlike fiction or journalist
Formal and logical, well organized (intro, body, conclusion)
Must be cohesive and posses a logically organize flow of ideas

Structure

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Attitude of how it is written without using biased language.

Tone

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It is important to use unambiguous language.
Always going to use formal
Third person view must be used It should be understandable, don’t use “big words”

Language

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providing a list of references as either footnotes or endnotes is a very important aspect of an academic text.
always cite your sources, even any type of paper to avoid plagiarism

Citation

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Complex issues that require higher-order thinking skills to comprehend.

Complexity

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Opinions are based on a sound understanding of the pertinent of body of knowledge and academic
It doesn’t work on writing your opinion, there should be back up evidence to support your opinion

Evidence-based Arguments

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Starting point of academic text is a particular perspective idea or the position.

Thesis-driven

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Structure of Academic Text:

Introduction-Body-Conclusion

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Identify the topic/purpose
Orient the reader
Thesis statement, give them information

Introduction

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Several paragraphs
Provide more detailed info
Include examples statistics, graphs, tables and charts to support ideas
Analyze the evidence

Body

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Restate thesis statement
Summarize main points
Include final insights and recommendations.

Conclusion

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Descriptive information that lets readers search for an article.

Title, Author, Abstract, Keywords (IMRaD)

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• What is the context for this project?
• How does it fit in with other research on the topic?
• What is the research question?

Introduction (IMRaD)

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• What did the author(s) do to answer the research question?

Methods (IMRaD)

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• What was the answer to the question?
• This is often shown in tables and figures.

Results

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• What is the significance of this project?
• How does it fit in with what else is known about the topic?

Discussion/Conclusion (IMRaD)

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• Materials the author(s) cited when writing this paper.

References (IMRaD)

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Content and Style of Academic Text:

Critical questions and issues
Based from facts
Provide facts and evidence
Precise and accurate words for clarity
Avoid using colloquial (slang words)
expressions
Objective point of view
List references
Hedging or cautions language

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Critical Reading Strategies:

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Before, During, After reading

Determine and establish your purpose for reading.
Identify the author’s purpose for writing.
Determine the target audience

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Before reading

- Annotating - Process of interacting with the text while you're reading. - Key points, highlight the important text - Brief comments

During reading

- Reflect on what you have read. - React on some parts of the text through writing.

After reading

- Asses and record what you know - Write down the thing you know in the subject - What is the context

KNOW (KWL method)

- Purpose of reading - You want to know in the academic text

What to know (KWL method)

- Reflect note and revise. - write down the answer.

Learned (KWL method)

- This useful strategy aid reading comprehension and is especially helpful for difficult

SQ3R

- Skim the text to get more idea - Get the main topics and ideas

Survey

- Guide the reading - You already have a goal

Questions

- Look for answers to the question you created - Look for transition words (contrast, in addition) - First paragraph states the main idea Annotate the text Write comments - Don't use highlighter excessively

Read

- Questions that you create - Formulate a question - Asses yourself

Recite

- Conduct overall review from the thing you have read

Review

- Presented in the abstract or executive summary - Main idea of the study - Helps control ideas - Reflect an opinion or judgement

Thesis statement (purpose statement)

- Thesis statement located at the last part of the introduction - To look for the purpose of the paper

Sample abstract

Must be specific

Sample introduction

STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THESIS STATEMENT:

- Read the title and make inferences on its purpose - Read the first few paragraphs - Check the conclusion

- Summarize the main idea of a paragraph - Also known as focus sentence - Describe the point

Topic sentence

STRATEGIES IN LOCATING TOPIC SENTENCE:

- Read the first paragraph - Identify what they state - "big word" in the paragraph - Subject of the paragraph - Identify the purpose - Observe and analyze the writing style for you to locate easier

It connects with other text in a way that is transitional

Transition words

- All the same - These text aim to precisely condense a larger work and present only the key ideas.

Summary, Prècis, Summary

Overview of what the story is all about

Synopsis

- Concise restatement of the text - Don't need to paraphrase - Use your own words - Tone, proportions, and meaning of the original text

Prècis

- Short overview of the main points - Play with words - Condensed a larger version of text - Restate

Summary

- Last to be written, talk about researches - Brief summary of a research paper - Aim to summarize the context of a text

Abstract

- The structure and organization of an abstract, a precis, summary of a research paper - Usually contains 150-300 words - Not use any citation

Research abstract

- Brief introduction why the study is conducted

Rationale (20%)

- It can be question - Focus of your study

Research problems (10%)

- It can be question - Focus of your study

Research problems (10%)

- The process, procedure or step in order to get the data

Methodology (20%)

- The results

Major findings (40%)

- The results

Major findings (40%)

- Recommendation

CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS (10%)

- A precis or summary for a non-research academic text generally condenses information into 15 to 30% to the original text. - Easier to write a precis - Who is the author, should be include the author all the time

Summary or Expository texts

- We use this in order to connect the idea

Cohesive devices

EAPP ☹️ (Quiz 1) Flashcards

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