Unit 5- Lesson 2: Understanding Academic Writing Assignments Flashcards
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The various purposes for college writing call for different types of written texts, including case studies, concept papers, reaction papers, review, literary criticisms, seminar and tutorial papers and so on.
These written outputs are usually referred to as __________, yet each one is obviously different.
Some have a clearly defined and well-known structure while others do not and so you may need to create your own structure.
essays
Essays in order to be written well usually involve some degree of ___________________________________________________
analysis, evaluation or argumentation to support one’s thesis.
True or false?
You should read carefully the essay in order to understand the required task.
True
a type of exam or assignment prompt that requires you to write detailed response, usually in paragraph form.
Unlike multiple choice or short answer questions, essay questions test your ability to:
Think critically
Organize your thoughts
Explain ideas clearly
Support arguments with evidence
essay questions
background information to orient you of the essay topic
Orientation
includes a statement that you need to respond to by agreeing or by critiquing
Proposition
informs you about what to do.
Instruction
Instruction words include discuss, compare, and contrast, evaluate, explain and reflect
Question
tells you what you have to cover (how many examples, case studies, topics)
Scope
Example of instruction verb:
Analyze
Discuss
Examine
Critique
Explain
Divide something into abstract parts of feature
Analyze
Present two or more different point of views, different theories, cases, pros and cons.
Discuss
Look at in detail.
Examine
Give an evaluation or judgement of a topic after analyzing it; question, extend, challenge the ideas presented
Critique
State how or why something happens or happened; usually involves causes and effect, reasons and consequences
Explain
