R.A.W

• CONTEXT


  Social, Cultural, Political and Historical Background of a text
• INTERTEXT


  Relationships among texts. Which text are influenced by other texts. Is the development of text's meaning through another text
• HYPERTEXT


  Beyond the text. Non-Linear way of showing information. It connects related information, graphics, videos, or sounds to the text
• Academic writing


  A discourse wherein one expresses specific concepts, theories, and/or insights in a scholarly manner
• Audience


  Often composed for specific audiences and usually belongs to the same group as that of the author
• Expository writing


  • Clarifies or explains a phenomenon by presenting an in-depth discussion
  • Defines what something is based on a particular context
• Argumentative writing


  • Aims to persuade the readers about the writer's stance on an issue
  • Makes claims and counterclaims and presents evidence
• Uses formal Language

  • Achieves an objective tone by using sentences in the third-person point of view
  • Uses more passive voice sentences
  • Does not use slang and contractions
• Academic writing can Either be Objective or Subjective 


  • Can be either objective or subjective depending on the type of writing
  • Writings in the sciences such as scientific reports and studies are objective and generally written in the third-person point of view
• Academic writing is EXPLICIT 


  • Directly states the stand or main idea and attempts to support it with clear and factual information
• Academic Writing May contain Jargon


  • Jargon refers to Special words or expressions that are predominantly used and understood by experts
  • Difficult for ordinary readers to understand
• POSITION PAPER

  • type of academic writing in which the author presents his or her position on a debatable issue and defends or supports it with evidence.

  • main purpose is to persuade readers to take

  the position of the writer.
• Features of a Position Paper

  • It uses formal language.

  • It defines an issue.

  • It states the writer’s position

  explicitly.

  • It makes claims or assertions that

  support the writer’s position.

  • It disputes counterclaims.

  • It uses a logical pattern in

  presenting the arguments.
• PRE-WRITING

  • identify the issue to be discussed

  • the issue must have two identifiable positions

  • research both positions and collate the

  arguments

  • choose the position or side
• BODY

  • claims

  • counterclaims • rebuttal of

  counterclaims
• CONCLUSION

  • restatement of issue and claims

  • urges readers to take writer’s stand.
• 4 kinds of Academic Writing

  •summary

  •paraphrase

  •synthesis

  •analysis
• Formats of Professional Writing

  •Business Letter

  •Memorandum

  •Business Proposal

  • Resume
• Parts of Book Review

  •Introduction

  •Summary Of Content

  •Analysis

  •Conclusion
• Professional Writing

  •to inform or share information with its audience

  •to persuade or build good will with the audience
• Business Letter


  A correspondence between companies and individuals
• Memorandum


  The internal means of communication of a company; usually a brief message sent to the concerned regarding any new information, such as a new policy or procedure
• Business Proposal


  A written document that contains a plan or a suggestion for developing a product, service, or action that can address a client's problem or issue
• Resume


  A brief document that contains information on the skills and personal background of a person seeking a job
• Aspects of professional writing

  • Purpose - the goal you want to achieve in writing the professional text
  • Audience - the readers of your professional text
  • Stakeholders - the internal or external staff who will be affected by the writing
  • Context - the situation you might find yourself in when you are in a workplace
• Critique


  An in-depth analysis of a particular work of art or a literary work. Presents arguments about whether or not a certain work is good. Uses a Critical Approach or theory to evaluate a certain work.
• Review refers to a writer‘s evaluation of a specific work of art
• • Purpose - the goal you want to achieve in writing the professional text
• • Audience - the readers of your professional text
• • Stakeholders - the internal or external staff who will be affected by the writing
• • Context - the situation you might find yourself in when you are in a workplace
• 6 features of a academic writing 1. uses formal language

  2. it is precise

  3. it can be subjective or objective

  4. it explicit

  5. it contain jargon

  6. it cites sources
• four features of a critique

  •comprehensive

  • uses a specific approach or theory

  • can have a objective tone

  • uses credible reference
• structures of a position paper • introduction • body • conclusion
• structures of a position paper

  • introduction

  • body

  • conclusion
• 3 parts of writing a position paper • pre-writing

  • writing

  •revising