rws

• academic writing - it is a from of writing produced as part of academic work
• book review - gives essential information about a book
• literature review - integrated analysis and synthesis of scholarly artciles
• research report - the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources to establish facts and reach new conclusions
• project proposal - used to present general plan and justification to pursue a project
• position paper - used to claim a one sided position on a specific issue
• book review - it is a critical assessment of a book based on key points like content, style, plot, author, quality, etc
• book report - commonly describes what happens in a work and focuses on the major plot, characters, and main idea of a book
• before you read - there will be elements that you need to consider before beginning to write your review of a book
• as you read - this time, pay more attention to the introduction and preface
• writing the review - begin with a couple of sentences describing what the book is about
• revising - means making changes or doing some modifications in your paper
• before you read

  • author
  • title
  • genre
  • preface
  • introduction
  • table of content
  • cover / book jacket
  • abstract or summaries
• as you read

  • characters
  • setting
  • theme
  • plot
  • style
  • arguments
  • quotes
  • index
• assessment - it is an assessment of a body of a research that addresses a research question
• process - it is a process of reading, analyzing, evaluating, and summarizing scholarly materials about a specific topic
• summary - it can simply be a summary of the sources where it gives a recapitulation of the important information of the source
• chronological literature review - it is the best used for histographical papers and research methodology that focuses more on how the ideas have developed over time
• thematic literature review - it can be compared to an inverted pyramid that focuses on broad to specific topics and ends with a synthesis
• information partly related to the paper - refers to the data from studies not directly related but somehow can influence the research
• information directly related to the paper - refers to data from other authors with the same problem statement. it can either agree or disagree with the problem stated
• synthesis - means to put together multiple ideas from different sources to understand the role of each part
• research - derived from the middle french word "reserche" which means "to go about seeking" the term itself being derived from the old french term "recercheir"
• research - it is a systematic process of gathering and analyzing data to establish a plan of action
• importance of research - research will help you and all people to discover and to explain facts that may be the reason why a modification in almost everything is happening
• characteristics of a good research

  • accurate
  • logical and objective
  • relevant
  • patiently done
  • specific, measurable, and attainable
  • systematic
  • timely
  • clear
  • complete
  • presentable
• summary note card - this note is condensed form of what you have read
• paraphrase note card - this includes a move comprehensive discussion compared to a summary
• quotation note - this note is an exact copy of the statement read during the research
• thesis statement - is a statement that contains the main idea of your research
• introduction - it gives the background of your paper
• background of the study - brief history of the problem
• statement of the problem - it should be clearly stated and defined
• significance of the study - explanation of the importance of the study
• scope and delimitation of the study - limitation and coverage of the study
• hypothesis - intelligent guesses regarding the results of the study
• body - it is the longest part of the paper and this contains the main points and the details about them
• conclusion - it is the summary or the restatement of what has been discussed in the introduction and body of the research
• documentation - defined as the recording of published sources materials for the research report
• bibliography - list of the books that you have read and consulted in writing your paper