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Academic and Professional Writings Flashcards

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a discourse wherein one expresses specific concepts

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Academic Writing

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aims to explain and prove or disprove

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Academic Writing

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Kinds/Types of Academic writing

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EXPOSITORY WRITING
ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING

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aims to make his or her readers informed
clarifies or explains a phenomenon by presenting an
in-depth discussion

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EXPOSITORY WRITING

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aims to persuade readers; makes claims and counterclaims and presents evidence

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ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING

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most of whom belong to the same or related field

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Audience

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brief, complete, and objective restatement

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Summary

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written discussion of a certain topic that combines information

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synthesis

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full restatements of a source text

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paraphrase

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thorough explanation of the elements

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analysis

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one communicates to enable and support the work of a business or workplace context.

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Professional Writing

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to inform or share information with its audience and to persuade

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Professional Writing

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Aspects of professional writings

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purpose
audience
stakeholders
context

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Formats of professional writing

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Business letter
Memorandum or memo
Business proposal
Résumé

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correspondence between companies

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Business letter

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the internal means of communication of a company

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Memorandum or memo

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document that contains a plan or a suggestion for developing a product

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Business proposal

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This brief document contains information on skills and personal background of a person seeking a job

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Résumé

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in-depth analysis of a particular work of art

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critique

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purpose is to persuade the reader to view the work from their point of view

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critique

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people who have a similar background to the writer

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audience of a critique

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comprehensive, uses a specific approach or theory, can have an objective tone, uses formal language, and uses credible references

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critique

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writer’s evaluation of a specific work of art
argumentative in nature

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review

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is made for a general audience

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review

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Parts of a Book Review

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Introduction
Summary of Content
Analysis and Evaluation of the Book
Conclusion

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Features of a Book Review

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brief
concise
subjective
uses informal language

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a document that presents a complete piece of research in a focused and coherent manner.
It follows a definite format, which depends on the discipline

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Research Report

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Features of research report

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Title page
Abstract
Introduction
Methodology
Results
Discussion
References

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presents the title of the research and authors name.

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Title page

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Brief comprehensive summary

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Abstract

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first section of the body of the report, it is where the problem is stated

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Introduction

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second section of the report, it mentions the subject or the participants of the study

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Methodology

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Third section of the report, it is where the research data and analysis are summarized

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Results

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it is where the implication and applications of the study are explained

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Discussion

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this part contained the different sources mentioned in the report

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References

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systematic investigation and study of materials

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Research

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contains information that has a direct link to the subject

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primary source

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refers to items that are not directly connected to the subject

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secondary source

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to be used depends on the research adviser

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documentation style

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Three most common styles

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Modern Language Association Style (MLA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

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This is commonly used in English and the humanities.

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Modern Language Association Style (MLA)

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commonly used in psychology and the social sciences

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American Psychological Association (APA)

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commonly used in the physical and natural sciences as well as in the social sciences

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The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

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a document that shows a company how to address and solve a certain problem

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project proposal

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a type of academic writing in which the author presents his or her position on a debatable issue and defends or supports it with evidence

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position paper

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The main purpose is to persuade readers to take the position of the writer

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position paper

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Structure of a Position Paper

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Introduction
Body
Conclusion

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presents the issue to be discussed

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Introduction

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focuses on the claims of the author and the supporting evidence. Also, it mentions and disproves the counterclaims

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Body

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This restates the author’s position on the issue and the claims

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Conclusion

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Types of Reasoning

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Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning

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author begins with general statements before arriving at a specific conclusion

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Deductive reasoning

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The author begins with specific statements that lead to a general conclusion

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Inductive reasoning

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Stages of Writing

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Prewriting
Writing
Revising

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The author chooses and researches an issue

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Prewriting

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The author writes the introduction, body, and conclusion

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Writing

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The author checks the content, language, organization and mechanics of the paper.

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Revising

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