EAPP Lesson 1 & 2 PDF

Thesis-driven EAPP (to prove your point) the starting Lesson 1 of an academic text. Academic language used from various Features of Academic text discipline...

Thesis-driven EAPP (to prove your point) the starting Lesson 1 of an academic text. Academic language used from various Features of Academic text discipline Formality Academic text is lifetime Use of language in academic and professional settings. Language Things to avoid: Used by humans to express o Colloquial words & themselves system of spoken expressions, two-word signed & written communication verbs, construction Formal Language /Abbreviation, asking used for professional and questions, subheading, academic purposes, no use of numbering, bullet points personal pronouns Complexity Informal Language Use of more lexical words than used with family and friends, more grammatical words. casual and spontaneous Objectivity Social (Informal) Emphasis should be on the repetition of words information you want to give and Academic (Formal) the argument you want to make More sophisticated nature and Impersonality characteristics of an academic text Avoid making statements that are Nature and Characteristics of an academic not supported by examples and text evidence Explicitness Structure Refers to the organization of the used by an academic text consists ideas in the text of 3 parts Hedging introduction, body, Expresses tentativeness and Conclusion possibility in communication Tone Precision refers to the attitude conveyed in a Specifying information, dates and piece of writing figures Citation Accuracy citing sources, acknowledge the Sentences are free from source of any ideas. grammatical errors Language Correct and appropriate words are important to use unambiguous used. language Lesson 2 formal and 3rd Pov should be used Uses knowledge of text structure to glean Complexity the information an academic text addresses Glean complex issues. The information of the text Evidence-based Argument structure is to organize the evidence that supports your information and details they are argument. learning in their minds while reading. Common types of text structure the title and identify the author in Spatial or Description your first sentence. Gives reader a detailed feature Summary should contain the that crates a picture on his/her authors thesis or central concept mind about the topic State it in your own words Spatial (space) can also be called 6 techniques in summarizing as descriptive writing WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and Can be use in fiction and non- How fiction These questions make it easy to Use for informative identify the main character, Cause and effects important details and main ideas. One way organization of Importance of summarizing information in a text. It explains Enables you to extract the most reasons why something happen, important points from a text and can be ordered as vice versa rewrite in your own word in a Cause shorten form. Presents to the relationship between specific event, ideas or Lesson 3 concept Thesis Statement Effects A road map for your essay Expository and persuasive writing Is a complete sentence that modes contains the main idea Comparison and Contrast Contains the main idea that Similarities and differences controls the content of the essay between two or more people Thesis statements is often found at Discuss both comparing and the end of the introductory contrasting paragraph Chronological Order Subpoints Explains text by the time an event Helps a reader to know how the occurs essay will be organized Chrono “time” and Logic “order” Key features Problem-Solution Main idea in a complete sentence Pattern of organization that explains a problem issue and an attempted solution in the issue. Location English readers like to know what an essay states on opinion or attitude Uses various techniques in summarizing a Near the beginning of the essay variety of academic text rather than at the end Summarizing Main idea in a complete sentence Defined as taking a lot of Should express a complete information and creating a thought and be a complete condensed version that convers sentence the main point. Thesis statement is asserting an Method of summarizing opinion or idea, so it should not be Prior to skimming, use some a question. previewing techniques. Including Good thesis statement  Precision and enough evidence to exploring its value. After closely support your statement reading, a critic defines a Determine whether your thesis comprehensive literary analysis statements are going to be that can challenge another’s persuasive/ argumentative readers understanding of text expository or analytical Thesis statement requires the Formalism writer to explain how and why. Is a school of thought that It expresses how the writer feels emphasizes close textual analysis, about the experience focusing on the formal elements of literary work such as structure, Lesson 4 language, and style. Critical Approaches in writing a critique Examines the internal coherence and aesthetic qualities of the text Literary criticism to uncover the artistic techniques The interpretation, analysis, and employed by the author. judgement of text. Characteristics of Formalism The purpose of literary criticism is Focus on literary works formal to help reader better engage with elements or challenge that writing. Analysis of grammar, word, choice, Good criticism deepens our syntax. understanding of literature and Disregard to cultural or historical contributes to literatures influences. development over time Goal of Formalism It also great place to pick up some To understand a text thought the writing techniques of your own. formal elements the writer used. Criticism Formalism ignores the cultural Refers to an ability to analyze, influence that might’ve changed form an opinion, and substantiate the way a writer did something. it with evidence, to think critically. Formalism significant influence on Structure for literary criticism modern literature and literary criticism. begins with a summary of the text, Many contemporary works of examines its arguments, and ends fiction and poetry make use with evaluation. formalist techniques, such as Literary criticism exploring the structures and Seeks to analyze specific works language of the text to create literature meaning Criticism asks questions like “what Ex. Toni Marrison’s beloved uses did the author intend to do with repetition and parallel structures to this book?” emphasize the main themes of the novel. Literary theory Emily Dickinson’s poetry often relies on is concerned with literature on the use of imagery and metaphors to philosophical level. convey her ideas. Theory asks questions like “what is It also impacted the way modern the goal of literature?” writers approach their craft. Function of literary criticism Writers such as Margaret Atwood To widen a reader’s understanding and Jhumpa Lahiri have used of an author’s work by formalist techniques to create summarizing interpreting and powerful works of literature that  rely heavily on the structure and Marxist Criticism language of the text to convey Concerned with differences their messages. By looking closely between economic classes and at the text, writers can create implications of a capitalist system, works that are nuanced and such as the continuing conflict meaningful. between the working class and Applying formalism to literary analysis elite. Its important to consider the context of the text. Includes understanding the historical and cultural background of the work and the authors intended audience. Important to make connection between texts to gain better understanding of themes and motifs being explored. Important to create a thesis statement that summarize the main point of the analysis. Feminist Criticism Known as feminism Focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of socio- political, psychological, and economic oppression. Common aspects of feminism How culture determines gender. How gender equality is presented in the text. How gender issues are presented in literary works and other aspects of human production and daily life. Reader-response criticism Concerned with the viewers reaction as an audience of a work Claims that readers role cannot be separated from understanding of a text does not have meaning until the readers reads it and interprets it. Commo aspects of reader-response criticism Interaction between the reader and the text in creating meaning The impact of readers delivery of sounds and visual on enhancing and changing meaning.