EAPP Flashcards
Main goal is to advance
human understanding in a
particular discipline
Can be challenging for
novice/beginner readers
Informative, argumentative,
or objective in nature
Contains list of
sources and references
Academic Text
EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC WRITING
LITERARY ANALYSIS, RESEARCH PAPER, DISSERTATION
examines, evaluates, and makes an
argument about a literary work.
❖ goes beyond mere summarization.
❖ requires careful close reading of one
or multiple texts and often focuses on
a specific characteristic, theme, or motif.
Literary Analysis
Uses outside information to support a
thesis or make an argument.
written in all disciplines and may be
evaluative, analytical, or critical.
Research Paper
A ___(or thesis) is a
document submitted after a Ph.D.
program.
a book-length summarization of the
doctoral candidate’s research.
Dissertation
2 Types of academic Text
Descriptive and analytical
Provides facts and
information
Identity, report,
record , summarize ,
define
Descriptive
Organize facts and
information into
categories, groups,
parts, types, or
relationships
Analyze, compare ,
contrast , relate, examine
Analytical
It is to inform or to educate
Academic Texts
To entertain and persuade
Non - academic Texts
refer to the organizational
patterns of a text. Generally, it is
composed of text types, parts, transition
words and phrases, patterns of
organization, sentences, and paragraphs.
Text structure
STRUCTURES OF ACADEMIC
TEXTS
• THREE-PART ESSAY
• IMRaD
THREE PART ESSAY
❑ Introduction
❑ Body
❑ Conclusion
Provides a background about the topic
INTRODUCTION
discusses the topic elaborately.
contains the major points to explain
the topic.
Usually the longest part
BODY
closes the essay.
briefly summarizes your major
points.
usually has a closing statement.
CONCLUSION
IMRAD stands for?
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Five common patterns of organization
- Description
- Order/Sequence
- Comparison/Contrast
- Cause and effect
- Problem and solution
This structure resembles an outline.
Each section opens with its main
idea, then elaborates on it,
sometimes dividing the elaboration
into subsections.
DESCRIPTION/LIST
Texts that follow this structure tell the
order in which steps in a process or series
of events occur.
ORDER/SEQUENCE
Texts that follow this structure tell about
the differences and similarities of two or
more objects, places, events or ideas by
grouping their traits for comparison.
COMPARISON/CONTRAST
In texts that follow this structure, the
reader is told the result of an event or
occurrence and the reasons it happened.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
This presents a problem and several
possible solutions. The author may also
describe the pros and cons of each
solution.
PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
• is the language you use in everyday
situations or a more relaxed setting; this is
often what you use to communicate with your
family and friends or the people you are familiar with
CONVERSATIONAL
ENGLISH
