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• Evidence


  Proof that something is true
• Text Evidence


  Specific examples from a text (such as quotations) used to support claims and ideas
• Characteristics of good textual evidence

  • Precise
  • Descriptive
  • Factual
• Process in writing Textual Evidence

  1. State your idea

  2. Cite what in the text led you to that idea

  3. Explain the Evidence
• Initial Phrases for Citing Evidence

  • The author said...
  • According to the text...
  • A quote that shows this is...
  • For example...
• Project Proposal


  A file or document that consists of a suggestion to a company to improve something
• Things to consider in writing a project proposal

  • Your audience
  • Potential pitfalls
  • Data and Research
• Guidelines in writing a Project Proposal

  1. Cover Sheet

  2. Executive Summary

  3. Project Description

  4. Project Work Plan

  5. Proposed Budget

  6. Conclusion

  7. Appendices
• Reminder: Edit/proofread your proposal
• Research Report


  Informs about a completed study, summarizes information gathered
• Steps in writing a Research Report

  1. Analyze the Task

  2. Develop a Rough Plan

  3. Do the Research

  4. Draft the Body

  5. Draft the Supplementary Material

  6. Draft the Preliminary Material

  7. Polish the Report
• Proper documentation


  Citing sources to provide credit, allow others to find relevant studies, avoid plagiarism
• Referencing formats


  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA
• Movie Review


  An in-depth unbiased analysis of a film to inform other moviegoers
• Steps in writing a Movie Review

  1. Write down initial thoughts

  2. Create an outline

  3. Write a title

  4. Write the synopsis

  5. Discuss the characters

  6. Discuss the story

  7. Discuss the film's content

  8. Write the conclusion
• Action Plan


  A checklist for the steps or tasks needed to achieve a goal
• Components of an Action Plan

  • Well-defined goal description
  • Tasks/steps to reach the goal
  • People responsible
  • Timeline
  • Resources needed
  • Potential obstacles
  • Measures of success
• Action plan


  A checklist for the steps or tasks you need to complete in order to achieve the goals you have set
• Components of an action plan

  • A well-defined description of the goal to be achieved
  • Tasks/steps that need to be carried out to reach the goal
  • People who will be in charge of carrying out each task
  • When will these tasks be completed (deadlines and milestones)
  • Resources needed to complete the tasks
  • Measures to evaluate progress
• Steps in writing an action plan

  1. Define your end goal

  2. List down the steps to be followed

  3. Prioritize tasks and deadlines

  4. Set milestones

  5. Identify the resources needed

  6. Visualize your action plan

  7. Monitor, evaluate and update
• Resume


  An information sheet of a person's qualifications and achievements

  
• Types of resumes


  • Chronological
  • Functional
• Formatting a resume


  • Contact information
  • Objective or Career Profile
  • Summary of Skills (optional)
  • Work Experience
  • Education
  • Professional Affiliations(optional)
  • Military Information

  
• Application letter


  A sales letter with you as the product
• Types of application letters

  • Solicited
  • Unsolicited
• Parts of an application letter

  • Heading
  • Inside address
  • Salutation
  • Body
  • Complementary close
  • Signature over printed name
• Memorandum


  A written communication within units or departments of an organization
• Purposes of memos


  • Giving recommendations
  • Requesting for information
  • Sending orders to employees
  • Providing responses to queries
  • Sketching out procedures, rules, and regulations
  • Reporting about finished actions or new information
  • Finalizing business decisions
• Parts of a memorandum

  • Heading or letterhead
  • Preliminaries (addressee, sender, date, subject)
  • Message
• Email


  A basic communication tool used in business and academic settings
• Types of emails


  • Formal
  • Informal
• Hypertext


  Text in which the reader may navigate related information through imbedded hyperlinks
• Hyperlink


  A word, phrase, or image that the reader can click on to jump to a new document, new category, or new information
• Hypertext literacy


  The ability to process hyperlinks appropriately and to use hyperlinks effectively to enhance a document or artefact
• Skills for hypertext literacy

  • Interactive reading skills (non-sequential reading, critical reading, reader-centered encounter with the text, collaboration with the author, manipulation skills)
  • Text navigation skills (accessing information, browsing, orientation in the cyberspace)
• Intertextuality


  A way that one text inspires another, through direct borrowing like a quotation or indirect means like allusion, parody, translation, or pastiche