RNW

• CHAPTER 3: PURPOSEFUL WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES

  LESSON 9: WRITING ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

  LESSON 10: WRITING REVIEWS

  LESSON 11: WRITING PROPOSALS AND REPORTS

  LESSON 12: WRITING A POSITION PAPER
• Person's purpose is his ground for why he does something.
• DIFFERENT PURPOSES IN WRITING: for literary purposes, for academic purposes, and for professional purposes
• for literary purposes - broadest of all writing purposes.
• for literary purposes - also called writing for leisure, in here expression through writing is boundless.
• Examples of writing under literary purpose: poetry, essays, short stories, diaries, blogs, novels, comics, song lyrics, plays
• For academic purpose - everything is done with an accompanying set of predefined objectives.
• Examples of writing under academic purpose: academic essays, reaction/reflection papers, review papers, critique/position papers, journal articles, research papers/action researches, and theses.
• For professional articles - anything related to work or corporate fields.
• Examples of writing under professional purpose: reports, accounts, memorandums, correspondences, summaries, manuals, certificates, and forms.
• Review paper - it aims on providing a brief recap and/or summary of a subject matter or a text read.
• review paper serves as a synthesis of a source material.
• Book review looks into a book and analyzes its content, style, and literary value.
• Approaches in Critiquing a book or literary work: The book vs. itself, The book vs. its author, The book vs. another book, and The book vs. the society where it belongs.
• The body of a book review can also be written in two ways: A holistic review and A chapter-by-chapter review
• Article review is a more formal version of a literature review for it tackles academic articles rather than literary selections.
• Article review briefly summarizes journal articles in print or online and analytically critiques its content according to its educational contribution.
• The conventional format for writing an article review is done in paragraphs and is composed of three parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion
• Proposal aims to forward an outline of an event or project that you intend to carry out.
• Proposal seeks approval from the right personnel and tells them what the project is, why it is important, and how it will be carried out.
• Parts of a Project Proposal: Project Title, Objectives, Methods, Resources Needed, and Contact
• Research report essentially presents a research, discovery, or breakthrough in the academic or corporate world.
• Research report often it deals with topics surrounding the fields of natural sciences, liberal arts, political science, technology, and engineering.
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  Parts of a Research Report: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, and Literature Cited
• Position paper is written for the intention of presenting personal but objective stand on an issue.
• Position paper goal is to persuade the readers to believe the points that the author is presenting.
• In order for a position paper to be convincing and for it to achieve its purpose, it has to have the following components:

  • A well-defined issue
  • A clear personal position about the issue
  • A convincing argument
  • A reasonable tone
• The following may be considered in choosing the evidences that you can include in your text:

  1. Facts
  2. Statistics
  3. Experience
  4. Valid Opinion
• Inductive reasoning starts with specific details. Numerous claims and reasoning are presented first, and after synthesizing them, that is the time that the author can state his claim.
• Deductive reasoning starts with general ideas to reach specific conclusions. The writer's claim is presented first followed by the claims supporting and confirming that above-stated assertion.