ENGLISH FINAL EXAM

• 1. Thesis Statement- central idea that guides, controls, and unifies ideas in an essay.
• 2. Topic Sentence- identifies the main idea; guides, controls, and unifies ideas in a paragraph.
• 3. Supporting Details- pieces of information that support the topic sentence.
• 4. Explicitly stated topic sentences- can be found in the beginning, middle, or at the end of the paragraph.
• 5. lmplicitly stated topic sentences- are not directly stated in the paragraph but focuses on one concept to be deduced by the readers.
• 6. Major details in supporting deatails- support, explain, and develop the topic sentence.
• 7. Minor details in supporting details- support and make the major details clear.
• 8. Academic writing- is writing which communicates ideas, information and research to the wider academic community.
• 9. Professional writing- refers to writing that helps get work done in business, industry, government, non-profit, and civic settings.
• 10. What are the Components of Academic and Professional Writing- Context, Message , Language, Purpose, Audience, Product
• 11. Features of Academic Writing- ✅used in academic context

  ✅informative and persuasive

  ✅uses standard English

  ✅uses field-specific or specialized vocabulary

  ✅ uses a great number of citation and referencing
• 12. Features in Professional Writing- ✅used in business context

  ✅informative and persuasive

  ✅uses standard English and personal tone

  • first-second person (I and you)

  ✅objective, accurate, and direct.

  ✅ mechanics - avoids emoticons, contractions, and unnecessary exclamation points.

  ✅uses few  citation and referencing.