EAPP Quiz 1

Academic Texts, Outlining

1. Academic

2. Literary

3. Transactional

4. Informative

LITA

The 4 main types of texts

Academic text

• Type of text

• Defined as critical, objective, specialized texts

• Written by experts/professionals

• Uses formal (and technical) language

1. Essay

2. Research

3. Reaction paper

4. Journal

5. Book review

6. Synthesis

7. Review of the literature

RRRJEBS

Types of academic text (7 items)

1. Observes structure

2. Applies appropriate tone

3. Uses clear language

4. Cites sources of information

5. Addresses complex issues

6. Provides evidence-based arguments

7. Thesis-driven

CAAPOUT

Nature & characteristics of academic texts (7 items)

1. Complex

2. Formal

3. Precise

4. Objective

5. Explicit

6. Accurate

7. Cautious (hedging)

8. Responsible

9. Organized

10. Well-planned

POOR-FAE-WCC

Features of academic texts (10 items)

1. Locate main idea

2. Scan information

3. Identify gaps in existing studies

4. Connect new ideas to existing ones

5. Gain more information

6. Support a writing assignment

7. Understand an existing idea

SSIC-LUG

Purposes of reading academic texts (7 items)

1. Purpose

2. Audience

3. Perspective

4. Language

PALP or PPAL or LAPP

4 factors to consider in writing academic texts

1. States critical issues

2. Provides facts and evidence

3. Uses precise and accurate words

4. Objective POV

5. References

6. Cautious language

SOUP-RC

Language of academic texts

Formal

• Characteristic of academic language

• It should not sound conversational or casual

• Avoid colloquial, idiomatic, slang or journalistic expressions

Impartial

• Characteristic of academic language

• Involves avoiding the personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘we’

Objective

• Characteristic of academic language

• Unbiased

• Based on facts and evidence and are not influenced by personal feelings

1. Reporting verbs

2. Lexical verbs

3. Modals

4. That clauses

5. Adverbs

MART-L

Types of hedging language

Outline

• Organized list of

  • steps

  • ideas

  • information

• Arranged hierarchically under headings and subheadings

• Visual strategy

• Helpful in organizing, clarifying, and structuring information and ideas

• Research, organize and compile information in an orderly manner

• Compare, prioritize and decide on topics and ideas to be included

• Derive a general structure to work with

RCD

Outlining helps …

• Filter unnecessary information

• Organize information

• Get an overview of the task at hand for better planning

FOG

By writing outlines, you can …

1. Format

   1. Topic outline

   2. Sentence outline

2. Style

   1. Alphanumeric

   2. Decimal

Types of outlines

Topic outline

• Uses keywords and phrases

• Rely heavily on parallelism

Sentence outline

It expresses each point as a complete sentence

Alphanumeric

The traditional outline format

Decimal

The standard outline format

1. Parallelism

2. Coordination

3. Subordination

4. Division

PC-SD

The 3 principles of outlining

Parallelism

• Principle of outlining

• All items in formal outlines must be parallel in grammar and structure

  • If 1 starts with a verb, the others must as well

  • However, reasonableness and flexibility of form is preferred to rigidity

Coordination

• Principle of outlining

• Each point should have the same relationship to your main point

Subordination

• Principle of outlining

• Each point in the outline goes from general headings to more specific subpoints

Division

• Principle of outlining

• Each main point (or heading) on your outline must have at least two subpoints

1. Reduce cognitive load

2. Organizing & chunking

3. Visual representation

4. Prioritizing information

5. Active learning

6. Transfer knowledge

PAVORT

What is the connection between outlining and information processing? (6 items)