R&W

• Critical Reading is when you read something and you evaluate claims, seek definitions, judge information, demand proof, and question assumption
• Explicit information is information that are stated in the text. Readers can see the piece of information stated in the given passage
• Give example of explicit information:

  • Jenifer is a talented pianist
• Implicit information is the information not directly presented in the text.
• This claim is what the writer tries to prove in the text by providing details, explanations, and other types of evidence.
• Claims of Fact - are pieces of information which are grounded on reliable authority such as Science or History.
• 3 Types of claim:

  • Claim of fact

  • Claim of policy

  • Claim of value
• Claim of Policy - are specific statements on procedures or laws that need to be modified based on certain issues of conditions.
• Claim of Value - are pieces of information that are focused on relative judgement such as goodness or badness, and these are usually based on standards.
• Intertextuality - we try to make meaning of the material that we are absorbing through many different processes.

  Example: The existence of scenes or ideas of one story to another story or movie. (Harry Potter and Greek mythology)
• Hypertextuality - allows readers to study a text in a different manner.
• Article Review – summarizes and assess another person’s article.
• Book Review – describes and evaluates a work of fiction or nonfiction and offers the book’s overall purpose, structure, and style of narration. It tells not only what a book is about.
• Literature Review – examines what has already been written about a topic. As a collection of published research

  about your topic by recognized scholars

  and researchers.
• Position Paper – highlights an opinion of an author or specified entity about an issue.
• Literature review - it is a way for you to examine also what has already been done regarding your research question or problem.
• Literature review

  To provide an evaluation and critique of a specific book.
• Article review

  -To critically evaluate an article. - To help clarify questions, explain current state of knowledge.
• Literature review

  To provide a comprehensive overview of existing literature on a specific topic.
• Position paper

  To advocate for a particular position or viewpoint on an issue.
• 3 Types of Block Letter

  • Full Block style
  • Modified block style
  • Semi block style
• Full Block style - the most formal and commonly used format in business and official correspondence. In this layout, every element of the letter is aligned to the left margin.
• What types of block letter that aligned to the left margin?

  Full Block style
• What types of block letter that signature on the right side of the margin? Modified block style
• Semi block style - also known as the “indented style”, combines elements of the full block and modified block styles with a traditional twist.
• Heading - the sender's mailing address.
• Date - the date when the letter was written.
• Inside address - receiver's name, job title and address.
• Salutation - usually begins with "dear" and uses colon (:) at the end.
• Body - consists of the opening, middle, and closing paragraphs.
• Complimentary close - a polite way of ending your letter; ends with a comma (,)
• Signature - the complete name and signature of the sender.
• College Admission Letter - is also known as the “letter of intent”. It is a brief discussion of your intention to be admitted in a specific program in college.
• Employment Application - Letter is widely known as a “cover letter”. It is used to introduce yourself to a prospective employer. You write this to demonstrate your interest in the company, sell your services and qualifications in written form, and show that you are fit for a job position. It is usually submitted with a resume.
• Office correspondence or business correspondence - is a written interchange of internal and external communication to assist the flow of business.
• Business letter - is the traditional way of communicating information from one company to another or used in external correspondence.
• Various types of business letters are: - sales letter - order letter

  - letter of complaint

  - letter of inquiry

  - adjustment letter

  - acknowledgement letter

  - follow-up letter

  - cover letter

  - letter of recommendation

  - letter of resignation