Structuring your project and finding information

Which of these parts of academic parts do you know?

Types of Writing
 Types of Writing

biography
(description of the Poems (interplay of
life of a person words) Essay (develop and - News articles
including basic facts Memoir (word for evaluate (online new sites
as childhood, memory) arguments) typically answers
education, Cover letter (submit Who? What?
Diary (record
relationships, with a job When? Where?
personal
family, career) application) Why?)
experiences,
Fable (use animal thoughts and Speech - Scientific Research
characters to feelings) (contribution
highlight human Elevator Pitch towards the
Letters
weaknesses and development of
follies) Messages science)
CV (resume) - Thesis (explain a
topic, analyzing and
evaluation
information)
Types of writing
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P
E
E
V
E
S

Jam-файл без названия - Google Jamboard

Problems or Pet Peeves in Writing
• Overused cliches (an expression that was once innovative
but has lost its novelty due to overuse, trite expression,
common words) – It is one of the biggest and also broadest
writing pet peeve. ...
• Overused words and phrases
• First and third person
• Incomplete sentences (Sometimes these can be used for
dramatic effect: "An hour passed. Passed slowly as melting
butter)
• Comma slices (These occur whenever a comma either:
fuses two complete sentences without a connecting word;
fuses a complete and an incomplete sentence)
• References (Writing Out Numbers After Listing Them
Numerically)
• Random capitalization, bolding, underlining, quotation
marks
• Spelling/Punctuation/Grammatical mistakes – Most
poorly written books suffer from this problem.
• Confused words

A pet peeve is a particular thing that bugs you every time

 Evaluative Language

Evaluative Language (ku.edu.tr)

 Banking System Developments in the Four Asian Tigers
(descriptive or evaluative)

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 Selective Reading
To find information (evidence) To read selectively to identify
that is relevant to your thesis the relevant information
or topic (skimming/scanning)
To underline the key words, make
notes, use margins
Critical Reading
Choosing sources (5 reasons)
 Finding Information

Textbook

Journal
- Abstract: brief outlines of the main topic of the article
Online
Acknowledging your sources
Writing a bibliography
Practice: writing a bibliography
Compiling a bibliography
Conclusion:
• The parts of an academic text
• Descriptive & evaluative writing
• Critical Reading
• Structure of the project
• Reasons of choosing sources
• Finding information (books, journals, online)
• Acknowledging your sources
• Writing a bibliography
 Assignment:
• Choose one relevant source for your topic;
• Present 5 reasons of choosing this source;
• Determine types of writing (D or E) and give 2
examples;
• Make critical analysis to this source by scheme
(slide 11);
• Analyze the first 5 type sources in the
bibliography and give your evidence
 Bibliography
• ls_guides_descriptivewriting.html (eit.ac.nz)
• Reflective writing - Reflective practice - tips an
d resources - Library Guides at The Library, TU
S Midwest (libguides.com)