RAWS MST Flashcards
Latin word discursus
Medieval latin - argument
Late latin - conversation
Formal discussion of a topic, where concepts and insights are arranged in an organized manner
Discourse
Purpose of a discourse
To inform
To persuade
To entertain
The beliefs, customs, attitudes, language, and other things that define culture may influence the authors perspective on several issues
Culture
Authors physical surroundings and social relationships
Social environment
Personal accounts or firsthand experience of events,p and reliability of information presented in any discourse
Experiences
Process of making and presenting arguments
Argumentation
-Series of statements for or against an idea
-aims to persuade the audience or readers by presenting valid claims or counterclaims
Arguments
-authors main impression about the topic
-to transmit the impression through concrete, colorful, and vivid language
-triggers the senses of readers
Description
-to imform about, clarify, and explain a phenomenon
-defines what something is and discusses about topics that are usually less explored
-gives readers instruction on how to do something
Exposition
-recalls events chronologically
-relates to a series of events
-may be told using the first-thirs person point of view
-may have a linear structure from begging to end
-may have a nonlinear structure that starts from middle to end
Narration
-creative works like poetry, shirt stories, novels, and play
-texts that are used strictly for business communications such as letters, memos, and resumes
Literary discourse
-creative works like poems, novels, short stories, and plays
-focuses on how language is used to form themes and convey ideologies
Poetic discourse
-found in academic journals, letters, diaries, and blogs
-a personal narrative
-typically written in the first lerson point of view
Expressive discourse
-Commonly found in instructional materials, advertisements, and editorial articles
-directive in nature as it provides detailed information on how something is done or achieved
-encourages the reader to do something or to take action
Transactional discourse
-expository or argumentative in nature
-presents an individuals insights regarding a concept or method in a scholarly way
-includes academic journals and essays
Academic discourse
Attempts to make an assertion and present an argument, it must take a stand and not merely restate the topic
Thesis statement
To organize information that shows how ideas rekate to one another
Graphic organizers
Used to represent knowledge of a concept
-for brainstorming and exploring topic or ideas
Mind map
Used to show the similarities and differences between two or more people, objects, or ideas
Venn diagram
To show the different steps in s process
Flow chart
Shows the order of ideas and their place in a hierarchy
Hierarchical topical organizer
A tool we use in the writing process to help organize our ideas, visualize our papers potential structure, and to further flesh out and develop points
Outlining
List of ideas arranged in a specific order, and it shows how information is oresented in writing.
Topic outline
Represents main ideas
Headings
Represents the supporting ideas and are indicated by capital letters
Subheadings
Specific details or concrete examples of the supporting ideas
Sub-subheadings
More specific outline technique because it already states the main idea and the supporting ideas in full sentences
Sentence outline
It is the main idea and key element in developing unified coherent paragraph.
Topic sentence
