Lesson 2: Academic Text Flashcards
Any piece of writing comes with a
purpose, whether it is stated
explicitly or not.
Academic Text
What are the Writer’s Purpose in Academic Text?
To Inform
To Entertain
To Persuade
To Inspire
This purpose in Academic writing seeks to teach, to add to the reader’s knowledge by way of new ideas.
To Inform
Articles that seek to inform are often ________ in tone, and are unmistakably academic in their intent to impose learning
Serious
This purpose in Academic writing may take the form of creative nonfiction whose intent – in addition to telling a story or narrative in an academic way.
To Entertain
This writing form aims to reach out its
readers regardless of religious affiliation and explores themes that resonate with most readers.
To uplift
To inspire
3 Writer’s Tone
Casual, Formal & Sarcastic
This tone is used to distinguish it from informal types of writing that use colloquial or slang expressions, such as blogs, personal letters or essays.
Formal
This tone used by writer for non-academic topics and more conversational which is favored by reader who prefer a casual and more
intimate approach.
Casual
This tone used when writer is expressing dissatisfaction over certain issues. sometimes used to lighten the impact of what could have been harsh statement or heighten the impact of a statement.
Sarcastic
With all forms of writing, academic
texts need to be evaluated on the
based on their what?
content
quality of writing
appropriateness to your needs
Most readers read through an
academic text, assessing its relevance through the _________.
Abstract
Others rely on what others have to
say while some read the entire article ____________ making any assessment.
Before
Some __________ the first few
pages to determine what it has to
offer.
Skim & Scan
This reading strategy enables to complete the cycle of reading from the initial phase of browsing through it to
evaluating what you’ve learned.
SQRRR
What does SQRRR stand for?
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review,
Browse through the article (inspect the tables and key information)
Survey
Ask pertinent questions.
Annotate the margins.
Question
Answer the questions you have raised.
Be mentally engaged with what you’re reading
Read
Recall important details.
Summarize important details based on what you remember
Recite
Try to answer those questions that you
failed to answer correctly.
Evaluate what you have learned.
Review
Determine a text’s meaning beyond what is stated in the title.
Literal Meaning
Meaning is said to be literal when what is stated equals what actually appears in the text.
Literal Meaning
No hidden meanings are disguised in the form of satire or sarcasm, double meanings or puzzling statements.
Literal Meaning
What is literal meaning?
What you see is what actually meant by
the writer.
What is Implied Meaning?
what is directly stated is not its real meaning.
The intended meaning is stated more
obliquely or indirectly
Implied Meaning
This kind of meaning can only be arrived at after _________ the hidden or
implied meaning of the text.
Analyzing
Two activities related to academic reading.
Skimming & Scanning
Some students use these to get key information about the text with
the intent to read it more thoroughly later.
Skimming & Scanning
These two include reading only
the chapter heading or the entire chapter, reading the blurb, or analyzing the abstract and getting preliminary information about the text to determine its usefulness.
Skimming & Scanning
