Eapp Reviewer Flashcards
It’s an example of text produced for academic purposes .This is done by students to meet the standard which the senior high school or college curriculum may require
Academic text
Saqueton and Uychoco (2016) define this as a process that starts with posing a question,problematizing a concept,evaluating and opinions,ends in answering the questions
Academic Writing
Give an example of academic writing
Any of this : Research paper, position paper, reaction paper ,concept paper , essay,position paper,education reports
What are the four factors to consider in making academic writing?
Role
Audience
Purpose
And Format
It refers to the intended reader for one’s piece of writing
Audience
It refers to who you are as a writer
Role
It refers to the reason why a piece of writing is produced; these may include informing,persuading,or arguing something
Purpose
It refers to the form most appropriate for one’s piece of writing
Format
What are the different academic writing conventions?
Formal
Impersonal
Structured
Hedged
Acronym is FISH
This refers to how we use a different phraseology or words that we carefully chose to suit a particular idea or concept
Academic writing is formal
It’s a convention that means not writing immediately the first thing that comes to mind and avoiding conversational tone in writing
Academic writing is formal
This refers to wording and expression that conveys a sense of non familiarity and objectivity.
Academic writing is impersonal
This refers to certain structural elements that sets academic writing apart from others
Academic writing is structured
This refers to the use of cautious language in order not to sound condescending or too proud about a certain claim
Academic writing uses hedged language
This is an important feature of academic writing
Structure
This refers to the way an author arranges information in his writing
Text structure
Kinds of text structure
Narration
Definition
Classification
Comparison and contrast
Cause and effects
Basic strategy used by writers for presenting action
Narration
Two types of narration
Objective narration
Subjective narration
In this type of narration facts are present to create an accurate timeline of events
Objective narration
This type of narration conveys impression, feelings insights or point of views
Subjective narration
This is used in explaining unfamiliar terms
Definition
What are the five types of definition?
Standard definitions
Regulatory definition
Qualifying definition
Personal definition
Invented definitions
It’s a type of definition which meaning is rarely change and universally accepted
Standard definitions
It’s a types of definition where meanings are assigned by organization and changes depending on how it’s used
Regulatory definition
It’s a type of definition where meanings of words that are subjects for interpretation
Qualifying definition
It’s a type of definition which depend on the interpretation or assigned meaning of the writer himself
Personal definition
This is a type of definition where meaning given to word which are newly-coined as already being used in the society
Invented definitions
It’s a kind of text structure that involves combining objects or terms into categories based on distinct characteristics
Classification
2 Types of classification
Official classification
Personal classification
This type of classification includes widely known categories used by the government, a business or an organization
Official classification
This type of classification is the authors discretion to classify and categorize ideas
Personal classification