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• Academic writing -a formal mode of writing that is intended for an educated audience.
• Complexity- tends to be more complicated and has longer words. The vocabulary used to express high level of complexity is more advanced.
• Formality -more formal words and phrases are used.
• Colloquial Words -“same here”, “No worries“, “gonna”, “cheesy”
• Abbreviated Words -“wouldnt”, “Couldnt”, “ shouldnt”
• Accuracy - nessecary to use accurate terminologies in academic writing
• Objectivity -you are concerned with facts rather than personal feelings, or biases.
• When addresing the reader or people in general, avoid using the word ”you”
• Precision -you need to be specific especially when with facts, figures and dates
• Abstract -a concise summary of a research paper or entire thesis
• Academic Journal Article -reports of an experts original research analysis, or review of the research available on the topic
• Book Report -an objective summary of the main ideas ideas and arguments that the author has presented
• Dissertation -a long piece of academic writing based on the research conducted by you
• Essay -a focused piece of writing that develops an idea or argument using evidence, analysis, and interpretation
• research paper - provides analysis, interpretation, and argument based on in-depth independent research
• textbook -a written text that introduces newcomers to a specific discipline
• thesis -one of the most important concepts in college expository writing
• Essay -is an analytic, interpretative, or critical literary composition
• Informative essay -is written as literary essay piece with the purpose of educating a target audience or readers regarding a certain topic or subject.
• Parts of an informative essay

  INTRODUCTION, BODY, CONCLUSION
• Introduction -is used to grab the attention of the reader and to introduce the topic. 
• thesis statement -is one-sentence statement that expresses the main idea of an essay or text.
• Body -It is the bulk of the essay and contains all of the important facts being covered that support or provide evidences to the thesis statement.
• Conclusion -This part summarizes the essay and encourages the reader to seek out more information about a topic.
• Informative essay is also called expository essay
• COMMUNICATION

  It is the art of exchanging messages between two or more people.
• Interpersonal Communication -It is a two-way communication that involves two or more people speaking and listening or reading and writing.
• Non-verbal communication -It refers to the transfer of information through the use of body language including eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, and more.
• Verbal communication -It refers to the use of sounds and words to express yourself, especially in contrast to using gestures and mannerisms.
• Conversation or dialogue is a natural part of life in which people can exchange information and maintain social relationships with friends, family members, and others.
• Repair Breakdown -The ability to persist in

  communication and to modify, repeat, or revise a signal when the initial communication attempt failed.
• Repair breakdown "Sorry, I didn't hear what you said. Could you repeat? I'm a bit nervous."
• Repeat the Question -Repeating the question is a way of buying yourself time to gather your thoughts. It allows that 3 to 5 seconds to work out how you are going to respond to the question.
• Repeat the Question -Ummm. What's my favorite food? Well..."
• Express lack of clear opinion -If you don't know what to say or your stand on one issue it's safe to tell it immediately to the person whom you are Talking
• Express lack of clear opinion -"I'm afraid I don't know much about it."
• Acknowledge others ideas -Make sure to recognize the ideas of the person whom you are talking.
• Acknowledging others opinions "Hmm... I see your point."
• Clarifying -Making something less confusing or easier to understand.
• Active Listening -A way of listening and responding to another person improves mutual understanding.