EAPP
Active voice example: The bobcat humiliated the grizzly.
Passive voice example: The grizzly was humiliated by the bobcat.
Begin your introduction paragraph with an attention-grabbing statement, question, quote, or anecdote
related to your topic.
The main purpose of academic language in writing is to be objective, clear, concise, and improve
coherence so that you can communicate your ideas effectively.
Formal vocabulary helps establish the writer's respect for the audience and suggests that the writer is
serious and shows professionalism about his or her topic.
In wiring an effective academic text, one needs to research the topic thoroughly, deliberately, and
carefully.
Academic writing avoids informal, conversational or colloquial language. Contractions are a part of
informal writing.
In writing an issue and developing an argument, the following may be included as supporting evidences.
A thesis statement presents the main argument or point of an academic writing.
Employing diverse summary techniques helps improve one’s understanding of the texts through
different perspectives.
It is important to adapt the various techniques in summarizing to suit the particular academic text that
you will be summarizing.
A thesis statement should not announce your topic.
A thesis statement should not be factual, it must be arguable.
A thesis statement should not be too broad.
A thesis statement should be written using a complete sentence.
Your thesis statement belongs at the end of your first paragraph, also known as your introduction.
Topic outline - consists of a short phrase
Sentence outline - is done in full sentence
An outline provides a concise summary of the text's main points.
The process of creating an outline begins by selecting a title and ends in finalizing the conclusion.
For an outline to be effective, the clarity and logical organization of the outline’s structure must be
considered.
An outline plans and organizes the structure of an essay by arranging information according to main
ideas, major details, and supporting details.
APPROACH KEY WORDS
Formalist Text’s form and structure
Psychological Behavior
Feminist Women
Marxist Social class
Queer Sexual identities
A critique paper is an academic writing genre that summarizes and gives an analysis and a critical
evaluation of a concept or work.
Postcolonial literary criticism comprehends the literatures written by the colonizer and the colonized,
wherein the subject matter includes portraits of the colonized peoples and their lives as imperial
subjects.
A formal critic analyzes an artwork through formal analysis: focus on its visual; focus on its most
distinctive features; and focusing on the subject, composition, material, technique, and other elements.
Description answers the question: "What do you see?" Talks about the way the art uses these five basic
elements of art and design: line, color, space, light, and shape.
Analysis answers the question: "How did the artist do it?" Discusses how the work uses the principles of
composition: balance, contrast, movement, and proportion.
Interpretation answers the question: "Why did the artist create it and what does it mean?” Tries to
summarize the overall meaning of the work.
Judgment answers the question: “Is it a good artwork?” Decides whether you think the work is
successful or not.
A line graph displays data that continuously change over time. Ex.: Stock market prices, sales and
revenue data for businesses, etc.
Concept papers are summaries of projects or issues that reflect the interests, experience and expertise of
the writer or organization.
Definition is a method of describing a given concept by giving a description, examples, and illustrations.
Ex.: Term + class + distinguishing features
Clarification is the method of clarifying a concept or issue through the thesis statement explained in a
detailed way.
A concept paper is a brief summary of what the project is and why it is important. In short, a concept
paper provides its readers an overview of the proposed research project.
In crafting a concept paper, you have to properly cite your references as it allows those who are reading
your work to locate your sources, in order to learn more about the ideas that you include in your paper.
STILL READ YOUR NOTES AND PPTs.
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