Lesson 1, 2, &3 Flashcards by Shanelle Rubio

-written by professionals
-intended for a scholarly audience
-formal words and terms specific to the field
-list of valid and reliable references
-to inform the audience while providing non-biased information
-incorporates vocabulary that is specific to or intended for a specific field
-sources of evidence and research must be cited

Academic Text

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-unlike fiction or journalist
-formal and logical, well organized (intro, body, conclusion)
-must be cohesive and posses logically organize flow of ideas
-various part are connected to form a unified whole (IMRaD)

STRUCTURE

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-attitude of how it is written without using biased language

TONE

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-always going to use formal
-third person view must be used It should be understandable, don’t use deep words

LANGUAGE

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-always cite your sources, even any type of paper to avoid plagiarism
-footnotes or endnotes to always acknowledge the source of any ideas

CITATION

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-complex issues that require higher- order thinking skills to comprehend

COMPLEXITY

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-opinions are based on a sound understanding of the pertinent of body of knowledge and academic
-doesn’t work on writing your opinion, there should be back up evidence to support your opinion

EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS

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-starting point of academic text is a particular perspective idea or the position
-disproving solutions to the questions posed for the topic

THESIS-DRIVEN

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Purpose for reading academic

•to better understand existing idea
•to get ideas that can support
•gain more information
•to identify gaps
•connect new ideas

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-identify the topic/purpose
-orient the reader
-thesis statement, give them information

INTRODUCTION

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-several paragraphs
-provide more detailed info Include examples statistics, graphs, tables and charts to support ideas
-analyze the evidence

BODY

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-restate thesis statement -summarize main points -include final insights and recommendations

CONCLUSION

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-process, procedure in order to get their data from the respondents
-checklist, observation, interview
-How?

METHODS

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-allows researchers to narrow down and scooped research

RESEARCH QUESTION

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-brief background
-Why?

INTRODUCTION

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Introduction-method-result and discussion

IMRaD

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-present your topic to the readers
-figures and statistics

RESULTS

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-give recommendation

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

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-materials the authors cited when writing this paper

REFERENCES

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-descriptive information that lets readers search for an article

TITLE, AUTHOR, ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS

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

CONTENT AND STYLE OF ACADEMIC TEXT

-annotating (during)
-process of interacting with the text while you’re reading
-key points, highlight the important text
-brief comments

CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES

know, what to know, learned

KWL METHOD

-reflect note and revise
-write down the answer

LEARNED

-purpose of reading -you want to know in the academic text

WHAT TO KNOW

-assess and record what you know -write down the thing you know in the subject -what is the context

KNOW

-skim the text to get more idea Get the main topics and ideas

SURVEY

-this useful strategy aids reading comprehension and is especially helpful for difficult textbook material

SQ3R

-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

LOCATING MAIN IDEAS

THESIS STATEMENT AND TOPIC SENTENCE

-known as **purpose statement** -main idea of a writing assignment and helps control the ideas within the paper -not merely a topic -reflect on a opinion or a judgement -presented in abstract -observe and analyze the writing style for you to locate easier

THESIS STATEMENT

-connect with other text in a way that is transitional -presented in the abstract or executive summary -main idea of the study -the whole idea of the text -helps control ideas -reflect an opinion or judgement

TRANSITION WORDS

-thesis statement located at the last part of the introduction is replaced with a purpose statement -look for the purpose of the paper -make inferences on its purpose -check the conclusion

SAMPLE ABSTRACT

-must be specific

SAMPLE INTRODUCTION

-read the title and make inferences on its purpose -read the first few paragraphs -check the conclusion

STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THESIS STATEMENT

-summarize the main idea of a paragraph -also known as **focus sentence** -describe the point

TOPIC SENTENCE

-read the first paragraph Identify what they state "big word" in the paragraph -subject of the paragraph -identify the purpose

STRATEGIES IN LOCATING TOPIC SENTENCE

-all the same -these texts aim to precisely condense a larger work and present only the key ideas

ABSTRACT, PRECIS, AND SUMMARY

-overview of what the story is all about

SYNOPSIS

-for non-research -concise restatement of the text -don't need to paraphrase -use your own words -tone, proportions, and meaning of the original text -100-200 words, one-fifth to one-sixth of the length

PRECIS

-short overview of the main points -play with words -condensed a larger version of text -restate

SUMMARY

-for research -last to be written, talk about researches -brief summary of a research paper -summarize the context of a text

ABSTRACT

-for research -last to be written, talk about researches -brief summary of a research paper -summarize the context of a text

ABSTRACT

-structure and organization of an abstract, a precis, summary of a research paper -usually contains 150-300 words -not use any citation -last to be written

RESEARCH ABSTRACT

-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

In terms of structure, a research abstract generally follows the given allocations of words

RATIONALE (20%) -Brief introduction why the study is conducted RESEARCH PROBLEMS (10%) -It can be question -Focus of your study METHODOLOGY (20%) -The process, procedure or step in order to get the data MAJOR FINDINGS (40%) -results CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS (10%) -Recommendation