English for Academic and Professional Purposes

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learning new ideas, understanding main points of a text, and searching for information

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Reading

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process of reading the main idea to get an overall impression

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Skimming

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finding a specific information quickly

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Scanning

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the organization of information in a passage

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Text Structures

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these can help students in making and understanding argument

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Text Structures

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The 6 Types of Text Structures

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Narrative
Chronological
Cause and Effect
Problem-Solution
Compare and Contrast
Definition and Description

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narrates an event or story

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Narrative

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has characters, settings, conflict, point of view, and plot

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Narrative

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presents ideas or events in order

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Chronological/Process/Sequence

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provides explanations or reasons for phenomena

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Cause and Effect

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Identify problems and pose solutions

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Problem-Solution

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Discuss two ideas, events, or phenomena showing how are they different and how are they similar

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Compare and Contrast

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describes a topic by listing characteristics, features, attributes, and examples

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Definition and Description

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collection of sentences arranged in order that conveys a complete topic

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Paragraph

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the sentence of a paragraph that expresses the main thought

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Topic sentence

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The topic sentence should be discussed in greater detail with

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supporting details

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A paragraph should be __

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Unified
Coherent
Well Developed

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3 Essential Elements of Paragraph Writing

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Good topic sentence
Clear and concise body
Conclusion

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often the first sentence of the first paragraph

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Topic Sentence

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contains the supporting details that follows the topic sentence

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Body

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tells the main point of the paragraph and the writer’s stand

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Topic sentence

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Most important sentence in the paragraph

helpful guide to the writer and reader

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Topic sentence

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A topic sentence must have a __ and __

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topic and controlling idea

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A topic sentence must be

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concise and emphatic

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this strategy of positioning the topic sentence is particularly useful in letters of application or in argumentative writing

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First sentence

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this strategy of positioning the topic sentence allows you to build up to the main point and providing context before presenting the central point

a stylistic choice in writing

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Middle sentence

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this strategy of positioning the topic sentence is when you want your paragraph to start with specific details and end generally

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Last sentence

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this strategy of positioning the topic sentence is when the main idea is obvious

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No topic sentence

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pieces of information that help clarify or elaborate on the main idea

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Supporting details

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using real-life examples or facts can help the reader understand and believe

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Examples and Facts

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start with your topic sentence, then follow with supporting details or examples

use transitional devices to make your writing flow smoothly

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Organization

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sums up all the information

usually summarizes or comments on the main idea

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Conclusion

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and, again, and then, besides, equally
important, finally, further, furthermore,
nor, too, next, lastly, what’s more,
moreover, in addition, first (second, etc.)

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To add

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whereas, but, yet, on the other hand,
however, nevertheless, on the contrary, by
comparison, where, compared to, up against,
balanced against, vis a vis, but, although,
conversely, meanwhile, after all, in contrast,
although this may be true

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to compare

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because, for, since, for the same reason,
obviously, evidently, furthermore, moreover,
besides, indeed, in fact, in addition, in any
case, that is

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to prove

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yet, still, however, nevertheless, in spite of,
despite, of course, once in a while,
sometimes

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to show contradiction

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immediately, thereafter, soon, after a few
hours, finally, then, later, previously,
formerly, first (second, etc.), next, and then

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to show time

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in brief, as I have said, as I have noted, as
has been noted

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to repeat

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definitely, extremely, obviously, in fact,
indeed, in any case, absolutely, positively,
naturally, surprisingly, always, forever,
perennially, eternally, never, emphatically,
unquestionably, without a doubt, certainly,
undeniably, without reservation

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to emphasize

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first, second, third, and so forth. A, B, C,
and so forth. next, then, following this, at
this time, now, at this point, after,
afterward, subsequently, finally,
consequently, previously, before this,
simultaneously, concurrently, thus,
therefore, hence, next, and then, soon

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to show sequence

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for example, for instance, in this case, in
another case, on this occasion, in this
situation, take the case of, to demonstrate,
to illustrate, as an illustration, to illustrate

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to give an example

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in brief, on the whole, summing up, to
conclude, in conclusion, as I have shown, as
I have said, hence, therefore, accordingly,
thus, as a result, consequently

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to summarize or conclude