English (part 2) Flashcards
A type of writing that conveys ideas and information that are obtained through observation and experiment
Scientific text
A type of writing that conveys practical Ideas and information about a technical or professional manner
Technical Text
It tells about how something is done or how it works, including written workplace communication
Technical Texts
The expected Structure or parts of a type of writing
Text Features
The pattern used to organize the ideas and information in the text
Text Structure
The shapes and images used to convey ideas and information in a text
Visuals
5 Types of Scientific Text
Journal Articles
Research Proposals
Research Papers
Scientific Posters
Lab Reports
6 Types of technical Text
Instructions and Procedures
Formal Analytical Reports
Informal Reports
Technical Proposals
Blogs and Social Media Posts
Business Correspondence
4 Different kinds of Text Structures
General To Specific
Sequential
Part-to-whole
Spatial
What’s the point of being familiar with the text’s features? (3)
Understand the text’s purpose
Locate Information easily
Develop Understanding Conventions of communication
What are the Language Features of a text (3)
Vocabulary
Content
Writing Style
Vocabularies found in Scientific Texts (4)
Field Specific Terminologies
Hedging
Nominalizations
Accurate/Concise Words
Give atleast 5 Field-Specific Terminologies
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Inertial Navigation System (INS)
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
Cloud-based Application
Expresses Uncertainty
ex: may, might, seem, assume
Hedging
Vocabularies Found in Scientific And Technical Text (4)
Field-Specific Terminologies
Hedging
Nominalization
Accurate/Concise Words
Contents found in Technical and Scientific Text (2)
Text
Visual
This type of content is loaded with facts
Text
What does Text Contain (4)
FACTS
EXAMPLES AND SAMPLE PROBLEMS
REFERENCE
DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
This type of content includes numerous complex illustrations, graphs, tables, diagrams
Visual
What does Visual contain (4)
Illustrations
Graphs
Tables
Diagrams
What are the 4 Different Writing Styles found in Scientific and Technical texts?
Passive Voice
Subject-verb Interruption
Multiple-clause sentences
Use of particular tense for a specific section of text
A writing style that is used when the doer of the action is not important to be mentioned in the text
Passive Voice
A writing Style that disrupts the flow of our thoughts
Subject-verb Interruption
A writing style that is made up of a main clause and then one or more dependent clauses.
Multiple-clause sentence
What are the (4) characteristics of Scientific and Technical text in Conventions in Formatting
Specific Citation Style
Number of Words
Spacing
Sections
How many words does a research abstract have?
200-250 words
What is the Scientific Text Format
IMRD
What does IMRD stands for?
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussions
What does the Introduction answer?
Why
What does the method answer?
How
What does the results answer
What
What does the discussion Answer
So what
