Day 1 - Academic Texts Flashcards
What is the purpose of text structure?
Organize information
What are the 7 patterns of text structure?
Cause and effect, chronological, compare and contrast, order of importance, Problem and solution, sequence or process writing and spatial or descriptive writing
What is a cause and effect text structure?
It gives the reason and result of the passage.
What is chronological ?
it is organizing info according to time
What is compare and contrast?
it identifies similarities and differences.
Explain order of importance.
it is showing hierarchy or priority.
What is a process writing?
It gives the reader step by step process or a sequence.
What is Spatial writing?
It is a descriptive writing with no shapes or line provided just space.
It is a short abbreviated version of a longer text. It should be 1/4 of its original length.
Summary
What are the purpose of making a summary?
to help understand the main points
to convey understanding to others
to present background info quickly
to refer another writer’s idea in the course of making your own original statement.
What are the 3 summarization techniques?
Selection
Rejection
Substitution
It is a technique wherein you select the main idea, keywords and phrases presented in the original text.
Selection
It is a technique that removes unnecessary data or specifics.
Rejection
It is a technique that replaces long sentences or phrases with shorter ones
Substitution
What are the components of a thesis statement?
Topic, Controlling Idea and Subtopics
