English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Cards (40)
- Precis
- Summary
- This type of abstract aims to pique the interest of the target audience.
- This type of abstract aims to present the key ideas and major findings of the study.
- The general rule for writing an abstract, a precis, or a summary, is to condense the information into around _____ of the original text.
- A research abstract usually contains _____ words.
- A research abstract _____ use citations and specific result statistics, and is the last to be written.
- A research abstract's rationale is _____ of the total text.
- A research abstract's problem statement is _____ of the total text.
- A research abstract's methodology is _____ of the total text.
- A research abstract's major findings is _____ of the total text.
- A research abstract's conclusion and implications is _____ of the total text.
- A precis or a summary for a non-research academic text generally condenses information into _____ of the original text.
- When writing a precis or a summary, the name of the author and the title of the article are indicated in the _____.
- This type of paper presents the writer's stand or viewpoint on a particular issue.
- This type of paper involves outlining arguments and proposing a course of action, thus taking part in a larger debate.
- This part of the position paper provides a general statement of one's position via their thesis statement.
- This part of the position paper defines the issue and discusses its background.
- This part of the position paper states the writer's main arguments.
- This part of the position paper provides sufficient evidence for each argument such as statistical data, interviews with experts, and testimonies.
- This part of the position paper states the writer's suggested course of action.
- This part of the position paper restates one's position and main arguments.
- These types of papers are critical assessments, analyses, or evaluations of different works. Thus, they require skills in critical thinking and recognizing arguments.
- These types of papers use both proof and logical reasoning to substantiate their comments. They process ideas and theories, revisit and extend ideas in a specific field of study, and present an analytical response to a scholarly, literary, or artistic work.
- These types of papers are specialized forms of writing in which one evaluates a scholarly work, a work of art, designs, and graphic designs.
- Reaction papers, reviews, and critiques usually range in length from _____ words.
- For a reaction paper or review of scholarly books and articles, their introduction should be _____ of the total text.
- For a reaction paper or review of scholarly books and articles, their summary should be _____ of the total text.
- For a reaction paper or review of scholarly books and articles, their review or critique should be _____ of the total text.
- For a reaction paper or review of scholarly books and articles, their conclusion should be _____ of the total text.
- For other types of review, this section provides the material's title, director or artist, and name of exhibition or event. This also provides the main assessment of the material.
- For other types of review, this section provides the gist of the plot or a simple description of the artwork.
- For other types of review, this section provides a discussion and analysis of the work.
- For other types of review, this section provides a reinforcement of the main assessment, comparison to a similar work, and recommendation of the material.
- This critique approach focuses on the form and structure of the text, rather than the content of the text.
- This type of critique approach transgresses boundaries between literature, philosophy, and social sciences to understand gender representation.
- This type of critique approach focuses on the individual reader's experience and interpretation of the text.
- This type of critique approach concentrates on a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis.