4th quarter lessons

• Academic Writing - a formal mode of writing that is intended for an educated audience. Usually written in the third person objective point of view and makes use of details supported by research, factual experimentation, and strong evidence.
• Academic Writing is formal and unbiased, clear and precise, focused and well-structured, well-sourced, correct and consistent.
• Complexity

  Academic writing tends to be more complicated and has longer words. It contains texts that are difficult to comprehend in terms of subject matter, arrangement of words, language, and grammar
• Formality - In academic writing, more formal words and phrases are used.
• Accuracy - It is necessary to use accurate terminologies in academic writing
• Objectivity - Being objective means that you are concerned with facts rather than personal feelings or biases. Being fair in your work is a part of being objective
• Precision - you need to be specific, especially in dealing with facts, figures, and dates
• Literary Writing - creative writing which inspires and entertains with word pictures, and concepts and has deep meaning
• short story is a work of short, narrative prose that is usually centered around one single event
• Setting is a description of where and when the story takes place
• Characterization deals with how the characters in the story are described.
• Plot is the main sequence of events that make up the story
• Conflict or tension is usually the heart of the short story and is related to the main character
• Theme is the main idea, lesson, or message in the short story
• • What is conflict? \a conflict is a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces
• What is conflict?- a conflict is a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces
• Conflict is an important element in studying stories, novels, plays, movies, etc
• Internal Conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs
• External Conflict sets a character against something or someone beyond their control
• Character vs. Self

  This is an internal conflict, meaning that the opposition the character faces is coming from within
• Character vs. Character

  This is a common type of conflict in which one character’s needs or wants are at odds with another’s
• Character vs. Nature

  In a nature conflict, a character is set in opposition to nature
• . Character vs. Supernatural

  Pitting characters against phenomena like ghosts, gods, or monsters raises the stakes of a conflict
• Character vs. Technology

  In this case, a character conflicts with some kind of technology
• Character vs. Society

  A character vs. society conflict is an external conflict that occurs in literature when the protagonist is placed in opposition with the society