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4 Factors in Academic Writing: 3 Types of Citation:

Topic- what is the text about? 1. Author-oriented citation - Starts

Role- Who am I as a writer? with the surname of the author,
Purpose- what is the purpose of your text? followed by the year of publication
Audience- who is reading the piece? in parentheses.

Important Features in Language: 2. Text-oriented citation - A paragraph

or sentence from a source is
a. Formality followed with the surname of the
- Choose expanded modal form such as author of the work and the year of
cannot instead can’t. publication.
- Avoid colloquial/trite/idiomatic
expressions 3. Another way of citation - Starts by
- Choose one verb form over two-word using the phrase “According to…”
verbs, such as damage instead of mess followed by the surname of the
up. author and the year of publication
- Choose expanded terms over enclosed in the parentheses.
abbreviation.
Word-for-word from a source
b. Objectivity Word-for-word plagiarism of the text
- Avoid using personal pronouns such as Patchwork plagiarism
you, I, and we.
- Avoid rhetorical questions as it marks 3 Types of Note-Taking Techniques:
“closeness” with the reader.
- Avoid emotive language such as very 1. Direct quotation
shocked. - Enclose them in quotation marks. In
addition to the author’s name and page
c. Explicitness numbers.
- using “in addition” and “for example” Ex: “Globalization is just a covert term for
colonization.” (Reyes 1994, p.2).
d. Caution
- avoid generalization - If the text is too long, you may remove
- verbs indicating caution: tends, certain parts and replace them with an
suggests, appear to be, think, believe ellipsis (...)
- adverbs of frequency: often,
sometimes, usually - Interpolationmay be done to insert
notes within the directly quoted
e. Structure passage. It is marked by open and
- avoid redundancy closed brackets.

Plagiarism 2. Summarizing
- Serious form of academic dishonesty. - A short restatement of the main idea of
- Defined as the copying verbatim of a text.
language and ideas of other writers and
taking credit for them. 3. Paraphrasing
- Restatement in your own words of the
2 Types of Plagiarism: main idea and supporting details of a
text. It can match the length of the
a. Plagiarism of ideas original text.
- Occurs when credit for a work is
ascribed to oneself untruthfully. Types of Paraphrasing

b. Plagiarism of language a. Literal - only replaces vocabulary terms

- Happens when an author uses the
language of another writer and claims it b. Structural- changes the sentence
as his or her own. structure with the key words of the
original text.

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Formal Sentence Definition

c. Alternative- poses questions such as
“What is the text about?” or “How is
the main idea supported?”Then the
writer answers these questions using
his own words.
- Includes term, class, and distinguishing
features (the term is the word to be
defined, class is the group where the
term belongs, distinguishing features
qualities that makes the term unique.)

Thesis Statement Informal Sentence Definition

- Is the overall idea or argument of your - Do not include distinguishing features
work.
Extended Definition
Two Types of Organizing Format - Essay length texts that use different
rhetorical patters to show the meaning
1. Traditional- roman numerals, letters of a particular term.

2. Standard- numbers 3Parts of a Concept Paper

Principles: 1. Intro
- highlights particular portion of the text
Parallelism
- should observe the same language 2. Body
structure (e.g., words, phrases, - Main section of the concept paper
sentences) -elaborate on the specific claims made
in your thesis statement.
Coordination
- Observe levels of importance Explication- interprets another work by
examining the concept paper presented.
Subordination
- Differences of importance (which ideas 3. Conclusion
should be classified as minor or major - reemphasizes the thesis statement
ideas?) - Provides a summary of the body of the
concept paper
Division - Relates importance of the concept in a
- Entries should at least be two to be sure specific field or in general
that supporting points of a major idea
are adequate.

Critique
- Is an important rhetorical pattern in
academic writing as they present a
balanced view of things?

3 steps to write a critique/review

1. Introduction- what is the product about

and what are the features?

2. Review- how does the product compare

with its counterparts or other brands?

3. Recommendation- will you recommend

the product? Why or why not?

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