EAPP ☹️ (Quiz 1) Flashcards
- written by professionals in a given field and is also intended for a scholarly audience.
- must be formal and contain words and terms specific to the field.
ACADEMIC TEXT
Primary goal of academic writing?
to inform the audience while providing non-biased information
To avoid plagiarism, sources of evidence and research must be _____?
cited.
What are the Nature and Characteristics of an Academic Text:
• Structure
• Tone
• Language
• Complexity
• evidence-based arguments
• Thesis driven
- Unlike fiction or journalist
- Formal and logical, well organized (intro, body, conclusion)
- Must be cohesive and posses a logically organize flow of ideas
Structure
Attitude of how it is written without using biased language.
Tone
- It is important to use unambiguous language.
- Always going to use formal
- Third person view must be used It should be understandable, don’t use “big words”
Language
- providing a list of references as either footnotes or endnotes is a very important aspect of an academic text.
- always cite your sources, even any type of paper to avoid plagiarism
Citation
Complex issues that require higher-order thinking skills to comprehend.
Complexity
- Opinions are based on a sound understanding of the pertinent of body of knowledge and academic
- It doesn’t work on writing your opinion, there should be back up evidence to support your opinion
Evidence-based Arguments
- Starting point of academic text is a particular perspective idea or the position.
Thesis-driven
Structure of Academic Text:
Introduction-Body-Conclusion
- Identify the topic/purpose
- Orient the reader
- Thesis statement, give them information
Introduction
- Several paragraphs
- Provide more detailed info
- Include examples statistics, graphs, tables and charts to support ideas
- Analyze the evidence
Body
- Restate thesis statement
- Summarize main points
- Include final insights and recommendations.
Conclusion
Descriptive information that lets readers search for an article.
Title, Author, Abstract, Keywords (IMRaD)
• What is the context for this project?
• How does it fit in with other research on the topic?
• What is the research question?
Introduction (IMRaD)
• What did the author(s) do to answer the research question?
Methods (IMRaD)
• What was the answer to the question?
• This is often shown in tables and figures.
Results
• What is the significance of this project?
• How does it fit in with what else is known about the topic?
Discussion/Conclusion (IMRaD)
• Materials the author(s) cited when writing this paper.
References (IMRaD)
Content and Style of Academic Text:
- Critical questions and issues
- Based from facts
- Provide facts and evidence
- Precise and accurate words for clarity
- Avoid using colloquial (slang words)
expressions - Objective point of view
List references - Hedging or cautions language
Critical Reading Strategies:
Before, During, After reading
- Determine and establish your purpose for reading.
- Identify the author’s purpose for writing.
- Determine the target audience
Before reading
- Annotating
- Process of interacting with the text while you’re reading.
- Key points, highlight the important text
- Brief comments
During reading
- Reflect on what you have read.
- React on some parts of the text through writing.
After reading
- Asses and record what you know
- Write down the thing you know in the subject
- What is the context
KNOW (KWL method)
- Purpose of reading
- You want to know in the academic text
What to know (KWL method)
- Reflect note and revise.
- write down the answer.
Learned (KWL method)
- This useful strategy aid reading
comprehension and is especially helpful for difficult
SQ3R
- Skim the text to get more idea
- Get the main topics and ideas
Survey
- Guide the reading
- You already have a goal
Questions
- Look for answers to the question you
created - Look for transition words (contrast, in addition)
- First paragraph states the main idea
Annotate the text
Write comments - Don’t use highlighter excessively
Read
- Questions that you create
- Formulate a question
- Asses yourself
Recite
- Conduct overall review from the thing you have read
Review
- Presented in the abstract or executive summary
- Main idea of the study
- Helps control ideas
- Reflect an opinion or judgement
Thesis statement (purpose statement)
- Thesis statement located at the last part of the introduction
- To look for the purpose of the paper
Sample abstract
Must be specific
Sample introduction
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THESIS STATEMENT:
- Read the title and make inferences on its purpose
- Read the first few paragraphs
- Check the conclusion
- Summarize the main idea of a paragraph
- Also known as focus sentence
- Describe the point
Topic sentence
STRATEGIES IN LOCATING TOPIC SENTENCE:
- Read the first paragraph
- Identify what they state
- “big word” in the paragraph
- Subject of the paragraph
- Identify the purpose
- Observe and analyze the writing style for you to locate easier
It connects with other text in a way that is transitional
Transition words
- All the same
- These text aim to precisely condense a larger work and present only the key ideas.
Summary, Prècis, Summary
Overview of what the story is all about
Synopsis
- Concise restatement of the text
- Don’t need to paraphrase
- Use your own words
- Tone, proportions, and meaning of the original text
Prècis
- Short overview of the main points
- Play with words
- Condensed a larger version of text
- Restate
Summary
- Last to be written, talk about researches
- Brief summary of a research paper
- Aim to summarize the context of a text
Abstract
- The structure and organization of an abstract, a precis, summary of a research paper
- Usually contains 150-300 words
- Not use any citation
Research abstract
- Brief introduction why the study is conducted
Rationale (20%)
- It can be question
- Focus of your study
Research problems (10%)
- It can be question
- Focus of your study
Research problems (10%)
- The process, procedure or step in order to get the data
Methodology (20%)
- The results
Major findings (40%)
- The results
Major findings (40%)
- Recommendation
CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS (10%)
- A precis or summary for a non-research academic text generally condenses information into 15 to 30% to the original text.
- Easier to write a precis
- Who is the author, should be include the author all the time
Summary or Expository texts
- We use this in order to connect the idea
Cohesive devices
