cor 002 module 18-25

• spelling


  When you write, always make sure that you are consistently using one standard with regard to the spelling of your words.
• Remember that there are slight differences in American English spelling and British

  English spelling.
• punctuation 


  the act of using a system of symbols such as the comma, period, quotation marks, question marks, etc. that are used to give structure to and organize a text.
• An apostrophe shows that a letter (or letters) has been omitted from a word in a Contraction.
• An apostrophe is used to make a noun possessive.
• is to form compound words, words that are made up of more than one word. Sometimes this occurs when two words are put together to serve as an adjective
• en dash


  indicates arrange of numbers of a period of time. In this sense, it is used with numerals.
• em dash 


  The (twice as long as the en dash) shows a big pause in a sentence or emphasizes the end of a sentence.
• ellipsis


  a series of three dots, shows that something has been removed from a sentence. It can also show a pause or an unfinished sentence.
• comma


  The ___ joins two or more ideas in a sentence or separates items in a series.
• colon

  A ___ introduces the information that comes after it. It tells the reader that something is coming.
• semicolon


  The ___ connects two complete sentences that are related.
• exclamation point


  it shows strong emphasis or strong emotion. It is rarely used in formal writing
• question mark


  The ___ shows that a question is being asked, that the speaker or writer is seeking an answer to something
• Period


  most common punctuation mark in english languange
• capitalization


  act of writing the first letter of a word in uppercase while the rest of the letters are in lower case
• Critical reading is a technique for discovering information and ideas within text.
• Critical thinking is a technique for evaluating information and ideas, for deciding. what to accept and believe.
• The main idea is the central idea being expressed or examined.
• thesis statement is a one-sentence summary that guides, controls, and unifies ideas when writing a paper.
• A topic sentence guide s, controls, and unifies ideas in a paragraph. It develops one argument of the thesis statement.
• main idea of a piece is the overall gist of what the piece will be dealing with as a whole.
• The thesis statement is a one- or two-sentence summary of your essay.
• the topic sentences - the one-sentence summary of the main point.
• A fact claim is a statement about how things were in the past, how they are in the present, or how they will be in the future.
• fact claim makes it arguable is that the speaker has no direct way of establishing the truth of the claim.
• Value claims are arguable statements concerning the relative merits of something which is measured subjectively
• What makes a value claim arguable is that different people may disagree on the criteria used to evaluate something Differing value claims may be used to argue the value of a variety of topics.
• A policy claim is a statement regarding the merits of one course of action as opposed to other courses of action.
• What makes a policy claim arguable is that, even though people and institutions may not be totally certain about the proper course of action to take, they still must act.
• Textual evidence is defined as the details given by the author in order to support his/her claims.
• 4 ways of presentation

  paraphrasing

  summarizing

  referencing

  qouting
• Business correspondence- is a written interchange of internal (communication between company departments) and external communication (communication between a company to another firm) to assist the flow of business processes.
• Business letter is the traditional way of communicating information from one company to another or used in external correspondence.
• Business memorandum or memo is a written communication strictly between the company's offices to another or used in internal correspondence.
• Business e-mail is an office correspondence that can either be internal or external.
• Heading - This segment follows this general format

  • TO:
  • from:
  • date:
  • subject:
• Body - Basically, the body of the memo has two parts: the purpose statement and the explanation. It is usually presented in single-spaced paragraphs with a line skipped between each paragraph
• Special Notations - Notations at the bottom of the memo are used to indicate specific things to the reader.
• An Enclosure is something included with the memo