Unit 14

• • A discourse wherein one expresses specific concepts, theories, and/or insights in a scholarly manner.
  • Aims to prove or disprove idea.

  Academic writing
• • Often composed for specific audiences and usually belongs to the same group as that of the author.
  • Includes scholars, teachers, and other subject matter experts.

  Audience
• • Aims to inform the readers about something
  • Clarifies or explains a phenomenon by presenting in-depth discussion
  • Defines what something is based on a particular context


  Expository writing
• • Aims to persuade the readers about the writer’s stance on an issue
  • Makes claims and counterclaims and presents evidence

  Argumentative writing
• a brief, complete, and objective restatement of the central idea of a given passage in one's own words

  Summary
• a full restatement of a source text using an author's own words


  paraphrase
• a written discussion of a certain topic that combines information and concepts from two or more sources

  synthesis
• a thorough explanation of the elements or features of a certain text

  Analysis
• a correspondence between companies and individuals

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


  Memorandum
• 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

  Business proposal
• a brief document that contains information on the skills and personal background of a person seeking a job

  Resume
• a style of written communication used in a workplace environment that allows professionals (e.g. businesspeople, professors, doctors, lawyers, etc.) to make informed decisions

  Professional writing
• The goal you want to achieve in writing the professional text.

  Purpose
• The readers of your professional text

  Audience
• The internal or external staff who will be affected by the writing.

  Stakeholders
• The situation you might find yourself in when you are in a workplace.


  Context