EAPP 1.1 Fundamentals of Reading Academic Texts

Vocabulary flashcards covering academic reading concepts, reading strategies, locating main ideas, source evaluation, citation formats, and summarization techniques.

Academic Texts

Objective texts based on facts that are written by professionals, take years to publish, and use formal words and technical terms.

Non-academic Texts

Personal, non-objective texts written for the mass public that are published quickly using informal language.

SQ3R Method

A reading strategy comprising five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review.

KWL Method

A reading strategy that tracks what a reader knows, what to learn, and what was learned.

Thesis statement

The main point of a text written in declarative form, located in the abstract/executive summary or at the last part of the introduction.

Purpose statement

A statement introduced by signal phrases such as "This paper examines".

Topic sentence

The point or main idea of a paragraph.

CACAO Method

A source evaluation framework based on Coverage, Accuracy, Currency, Authority, and Objectivity.

Citation

A way of giving credit that includes the author's name, publication, location, and date published.

APA style

A citation format following: Last name, First initial, Middle initial (date published) Book. City, State: Publisher.

MLA

A citation style used in humanities formatted as: Last name, First initial, Middle initial. Book City, State: Publisher, date published. Print.

Chicago/Turabian

A citation style established in 1906 formatted as: Last name, First name, Middle name Book. City, State: Publisher, date published.

IEEE style

A citation format formatted as: [#] Last name, Book title, #th ed., City of publication, State/Country: Publisher, Year, pp. ##-##.

AMA

A citation format structured as: Author(s). Article title. Journal Ab. Year; Volume (Issue): Page Range. DOI or URL.

Summarizing

The act of capturing the gist or main idea of a text objectively using one's own words while omitting minor details.

Idea heading

A summary format where the summarized idea is presented before the citation.

Author heading

A summary format where the author's name is connected by a reporting verb.

Date heading

A summary format where the summarized idea comes after the date when the material was published.

Reporting verbs

Verbs used to discuss another person's writing or assertions.