English (part 2) Flashcards

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A type of writing that conveys ideas and information that are obtained through observation and experiment

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Scientific text

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A type of writing that conveys practical Ideas and information about a technical or professional manner

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Technical Text

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It tells about how something is done or how it works, including written workplace communication

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Technical Texts

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The expected Structure or parts of a type of writing

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Text Features

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5
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The pattern used to organize the ideas and information in the text

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Text Structure

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The shapes and images used to convey ideas and information in a text

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Visuals

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7
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5 Types of Scientific Text

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Journal Articles
Research Proposals
Research Papers
Scientific Posters
Lab Reports

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6 Types of technical Text

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Instructions and Procedures
Formal Analytical Reports
Informal Reports
Technical Proposals
Blogs and Social Media Posts
Business Correspondence

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9
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4 Different kinds of Text Structures

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General To Specific
Sequential
Part-to-whole
Spatial

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10
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What’s the point of being familiar with the text’s features? (3)

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Understand the text’s purpose

Locate Information easily

Develop Understanding Conventions of communication

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What are the Language Features of a text (3)

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Vocabulary
Content
Writing Style

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Vocabularies found in Scientific Texts (4)

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Field Specific Terminologies
Hedging
Nominalizations
Accurate/Concise Words

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13
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Give atleast 5 Field-Specific Terminologies

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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Inertial Navigation System (INS)
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
Cloud-based Application

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14
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Expresses Uncertainty
ex: may, might, seem, assume

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Hedging

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Vocabularies Found in Scientific And Technical Text (4)

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Field-Specific Terminologies
Hedging
Nominalization
Accurate/Concise Words

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16
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Contents found in Technical and Scientific Text (2)

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Text
Visual

17
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This type of content is loaded with facts

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Text

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What does Text Contain (4)

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FACTS
EXAMPLES AND SAMPLE PROBLEMS
REFERENCE
DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

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This type of content includes numerous complex illustrations, graphs, tables, diagrams

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Visual

20
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What does Visual contain (4)

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Illustrations
Graphs
Tables
Diagrams

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What are the 4 Different Writing Styles found in Scientific and Technical texts?

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Passive Voice
Subject-verb Interruption
Multiple-clause sentences
Use of particular tense for a specific section of text

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A writing style that is used when the doer of the action is not important to be mentioned in the text

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Passive Voice

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A writing Style that disrupts the flow of our thoughts

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Subject-verb Interruption

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A writing style that is made up of a main clause and then one or more dependent clauses.

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Multiple-clause sentence

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What are the (4) characteristics of Scientific and Technical text in Conventions in Formatting

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Specific Citation Style
Number of Words
Spacing
Sections

26
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How many words does a research abstract have?

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200-250 words

27
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What is the Scientific Text Format

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IMRD

28
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What does IMRD stands for?

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Introduction
Method
Results
Discussions

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What does the Introduction answer?

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Why

30
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What does the method answer?

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How

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What does the results answer

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What

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What does the discussion Answer

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So what