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• Assertions are declarative sentences that claim something is true about something else.
• Fact - can be proven objectively by direct experience, testimonies of witnesses, verified observations, or a result of research.
• Convention

  • A way of something is done similar on the traditions and norms.
  • Can be verified only by reference to historical precedent, custom, laws, rules, or common usage.
• Opinion

  • A subjective universality
  • It is always grounded by reasons regardless it is good or bad.
  • It invites resistance. (Agree or disagree)
• Preference

  • Based on personal choice; Your desire or wish
  • “I want, I like, I would rather”
• Jollibee is the best fast food in the world.

  Statement of opinion
• I would rather watch movies at home than in theatre. 

  Statement of Preference
• Abortion is a type of murder. -Statement of convention
• Counterclaim- a claim for relief filed against an opposing party after the original claim is filed.
• The pre-writing stage begins with knowing the kind of paper that you will be required to write. The next thing to do is to determine the writing situation, or the context of your assignment. The context can be clarified by initially thinking about the purpose and audience of your paper.
• The first consideration in pre-writing is determining your purpose of writing. This is the reason of your writing. 
• After you have determined your audience and purpose, you are ready to think about your paper’s topic. The topic is the subject or the specific issue that your paper will discuss. It is recommended to limit your topic for your paper not to lose focus.
• After you have thought about your purpose, audience, and topic, it would be good to consider the tone you plan to use.
• Tone refers to the attitudes and feelings you want your writing to reflect toward your purpose, topic, audience, and yourself. These are manifested in your chosen point-of-view.
• Brainstorming is one of the better and more popular methods of discovering your writing topic. All you need to do is begin at the top of a sheet of paper and list down everything that comes into your mind as fast as you can for a certain amount of time
• Clustering or mapping is another technique that you can use to find your writing topic. Start by writing a word or phrase at the center of the page and encircle it; this becomes your main topic.
• A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon – it makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter a dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences.
• Freewriting is writing down your thoughts nonstop, in the exact order, language, and form in that you think them.
• While a book review is your personal response to a particular book, a literature is a survey of everything that has been published about an issue. Your purpose is to show that there is a gap, and that you will be helping to fill that gap with your own study.
• A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources (such as books, journal articles, and theses) related to a specific topic or research question. It is often written as part of a thesis, dissertation, or research paper, in order to situate your work in relation to existing knowledge.
• An article critique, also known as a response paper, is a formal evaluation of a journal article or another type of literary or scientific content. Your main goal is to show whether or not the author provided reasonable arguments and facts for their main points.
• Research reports are recorded data prepared by researchers or statisticians after analyzing information gathered by conducting organized research, typically in the form of surveys or qualitative methods.
• A project proposal is a document that is used to convince a sponsor that a project needs to be kicked-off to solve a business problem or opportunity. It describes in depth, how the project is going to be commenced so that the sponsor understands what is involved early.
• A Position Paper is a common type of academic argument writing assignment. Typically, a Position Paper is written after reading about and discussing a particular issue. Quite often, the readings cover more than one issue, and as a writer you must choose a particular area of focus. 
• The difference between a curriculum vitae (CV) and a resume lies in the length, layout, and purpose of the documents. CVs have no length limit and resumes are typically one to two pages long. A CV details the whole course of the candidate’s academic career while a resume summarizes skills and work experience.
• A CV/resume is a document that contains a brief account of person’s education, work experience, and other qualifications. It is usually sent with job applications, and sometimes with school applications as well.
• The most typical format of a resume is the chronological resume. It is called as such because it describes your work experience role by role, beginning with the most recent job. The following section details the categories that normally appear in a chronological resume:
• Heading includes your identifying information, such as full name, address, home phone number, cell phone number, and email.
• Objective informs the reader of the specific purpose of your resume such as application for a job or a degree program.
• Education lists the high schools and colleges and universities that you have attended.
• Honors and awards lists any academic and extracurricular recognition that you may have received.
• School activities enumerates your experiences in school, including clubs, class projects, sports, etc.
• Work experience reveals any relevant work experience that you may have had. (Paid or voluntarily)
• Enrichment activities details any other projects, skills, projects, programs, relevant hobbies, or experiences that strengthens your application.
• Revising involves validating all the information that you place in your resume, especially the data concerning your education and employment.
• Updating is where you continuously update your resume as you change your jobs, take further studies, participate in activities, and upgrade your skill set.
• Proofreading is where you reread your resume several times to make sure that you do not have any errors in content, mechanics, grammar and spelling, organization, and formatting.
• After polishing your resume, you can now write a job application letter, also known as the cover letter. This is the letter that accompanies your resume and highlights the strengths that you have listed.
• What are the parts of a cover letter? The introduction opens the letter and specifies the position that you are applying for. The body emphasizes your strongest points and shows how you meet the employer’s needs. It is also essential to highlight the benefits that the organization will get from accepting you. The conclusion is where you request for an interview. Remember to sound enthusiastic and appreciative, and do not forget to include your contact information.
• Pre-writing


  Techniques that help you discover ideas before writing the first draft of the paper