ENGLISH 4TH QUARTER REVIEWER

• Academic Writing - is a formal style of writing.
• Formality - is the cleanliness and professionalism of the work.
• Thesis Statement - states the main idea or argument of an essay
• Tone - refers to how the writer expresses their attitude.(Author's attitude)
• Complexity - deep words that are outside our vocabulary.
• Precision - clear and straight to the point.
• Objectivity - Facts and not being personal.
• Subjective - it is personal that affects our self (gives opinion)
• Informality - regularly used in speaking.
• Formality - better used in writing
• Explicitness - Clarity or clearness.
• Accuracy - correct, no mistakes or whatsoever. and uses vocabulary correctly
• Organization - it should be well organized
• Hedging (also called Qualification) - your stance\ stand.
• Responsibility - it is having credits or understanding of the source\the owner of the evidence, for any claims you make.
• Paraphrasing - rephrasing an idea from another person into your own words.
• Objectivity - it avoid words like "I" "me" or "myself"
• Academic Writing - it is written to inform others about something that has been studied or investigated.
• Thesis Statement - main topic
• Introduction - it introduces the thesis statement and gives background information on the subject matter.
• Conclusion - it summarizes the main points discussed in the body paragraphs.