Eapp Flashcards
Analytic, interpretive, or critical composition
Essay
A shorter piece of research, either individual or group work, with the topic chosen by the students
Paper
It is a lengthy piece of writing normally done by a student
Thesis/Dissertation
Inter-office documents distributed to inform employees
Memorandum
Official workplace document that presents and analyzes data to provide information and recommendations.
Report
Written language is relatively more complex than spoken language
Complexity
Academic writing is relatively formal
Formality
Facts and figures are given precisely
Precision
Written language is in general objective rather than personal
Objectivity
Make it clear to the reader how the various part of the text
Explicitness
It is necessary to make decisions about your stance on a particular subject
Hedging
You must be responsible for
Responsibility
Academic writing uses vocabulary accurately
Accuracy
Academic writing is well organized.
Organization
Academic writing is well planned.
Planning
The rhetorical situation in wriitng
Purpose Audience Topic Writer Context
Refers to the degree of formality of language use
Register
Pertains to the writer’s attitude or treatment of the subject matter
Tone
It explores a subject matter fully by presenting both detonation and connotation
Definition
It explains or clarifies a subject by presenting examples to support a general statement
Illustration
It uses vivid details to allow the readers to visualize the subject and get the dominant expression of the text
Description
It shows how something works
Process analysis
It explains two ideas/object by showing their similarities and differences
Compare and Contrast
It analyses why something happens
Cause and effect
