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    ENG1100 College English Composition (HESEAP)

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    The document discusses several topics related to academic writing including defining academic English, the characteristics and process of academic writing, and using punctuation like semicolons and apostrophes correctly. It also discusses recursive writing, engaging the intended audience, demonstrating knowledge and skills through writing assignments, analyzing parts of a subject and how they relate, and avoiding mere explanation or summary in analytical writing.

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    The document discusses several topics related to academic writing including defining academic English, the characteristics and process of academic writing, and using punctuation like semicolons and apostrophes correctly. It also discusses recursive writing, engaging the intended audience, demonstrating knowledge and skills through writing assignments, analyzing parts of a subject and how they relate, and avoiding mere explanation or summary in analytical writing.

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     (2015) 

    How to Write Descriptively. Nalo Hopkinson. TED-


    ED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4
     Engages senses and helps create vivid mental simulacra
     Prose fiction – static symbols on a contrasting background
     Sense of motion
     It plays with ability to abstract and make complex associations
     Implied rather than overt comparisonn
     Avoid cliché – little engagement in overused image

     (2015) An Introduction to Academic Writing. John Kotnarowski. NUST MISIS


    Academic Writing Center. https://youtu.be/MyTLosz6aHA
     Academic English – variety of English language to share research. Spoken and
    written.
     Academic writing – academic English used to convey research in writing. Each
    academic writing has its own rules and conventions
     Characteristics – answer research questions, 1. focused and specific questions,
    2. Logical reasoning, clear critical thinking, 3. must be clear, 4. be coherent
     Facts>>>frrlings
     Process:
     1. Analyze the task (purpose for writing & target audience)
     2. Plan your argument (supporting evidence)
     3. Research (evidence)
     4. Start writing (and engage in the drafting process)
     Benefits – to make individual contributions, greater voice in important topics,
    become effective researcher and marketable skill, more attractive for employers
     Critical thinking create convincing argument. Good research skills

     (2015) How to Use a Semicolon. Emma Bryce. TED


    ED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-zyfvwDdI
     Stronger than comma and less final than a period
     Clarify ideas in sentence with a lot of commas
     Breaks up and makes connections
     Link independent clauses (related ideas)
     Unless used in lists only to connect related clauses
     NOT used in conjunctions (and, or but, etc) but replaces it

     (2015) When to Use Apostrophes. Laura Mclure. TED-


    ED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6oGvkHnfY
     1. Possession – ‘s after proper noun ending in s is a style issue. Conundrum
    with no single answer
     2. Contraction - It’s – it is or it has

     3. Plural of single letters

     (2013) Comma Story. Terisa Folaron. TED-


    ED https://ed.ted.com/lessons/comma-story-terisa-folaron
     Conjunctions – FANBOYS. Commas before fanboys
     Subordinates – dependent and independent clauses. No comma if distributed
    evenly in both sides. Comma directly after first thought or complete sentence

     (2011) Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2: Parlor Press West


    Lafayette. Edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Click Here

     (2010) Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1: Parlor Press West


    Lafayette. Edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Click Here
     writing is “recursive.” That means we cycle through and repeat the various activities of the
    writing process many times as we write.
     Writing, however, is about more than just grammatical correctness. Good writing is a matter of
    achieving your desired effect upon an intended audience.
     Academic writing is always a form of evaluation that asks you to demonstrate knowledge and
    show proficiency with certain disciplinary skills of thinking, interpreting, and presenting.
     Your first job when you get a writing assignment is to figure out what the professor expects.
     analysis involves doing three things: 1. Engage in an open inquiry where the answer is not
    known at first (and where you leave yourself open to multiple suggestions) 2. Identify
    meaningful parts of the subject What Is “Academic” Writing? 11 3. Examine these separate parts
    and determine how they relate to each other
     1. Clear evidence in writing that the writer(s) have been persistent, open-minded, and
    disciplined in study. (5) 2. The dominance of reason over emotions or sensual perception. (5) 3.
    An imagined reader who is coolly rational, reading for information, and intending to formulate a
    reasoned response. (7)
     Who’s your audience? Primarily the professor and possibly your classmates (though you may be
    asked to include a secondary outside audience).
     What’s the occasion or context? An assignment given by the teacher within a learning context
    and designed to have you learn and demonstrate your learning.
     What’s your message? It will be your learning or the interpretation gained from your study of
    the subject matter.
     What’s your purpose? To show your learning and get a good grade (or to accomplish the goals of
    the writing assignment).
     What documents/ genres are used? The essay is the most frequent type of document used.
     Academic writing is always a form of evaluation that asks you to demonstrate knowledge and
    show proficiency with certain disciplinary skills of thinking, interpreting, and presenting.
     Knowledge of Research Skills
     The Ability to Read Complex Texts
     Inferences are how we as readers connect the dots: an inference is a belief (or statement) about
    something unknown made on the basis of something known.
     The Understanding of Key Disciplinary Concepts
     Your first job when you get a writing assignment is to figure out what the professor expects
     An analysis involves doing three things: 1. Engage in an open inquiry where the answer is not
    known at first (and where you leave yourself open to multiple suggestions) 2. Identify
    meaningful parts of the subject 3. . Examine these separate parts and determine how they
    relate to each other
     n show how these parts fit or don’t fit together to create some larger effect or meaning. Your
    interpretation of how these parts fit together constitutes your claim or thesis, and the task of
    your essay is then to present an argument defending your interpretation as a valid or plausible
    one to make
     Be sure to avoid summary and mere explanation in this kind of assignment.
     : A well tended garden is better than a large one full of weeds. That means to limit your topic to
    a size you can handle and support well.
     1. Clear evidence in writing that the writer(s) have been persistent, open-minded, and
    disciplined in study. (5) 2. The dominance of reason over emotions or sensual perception. (5) 3.
    An imagined reader who is coolly rational, reading for information, and intending to formulate a
    reasoned response. (7)
     “Critical” here is not used in the sense of “to criticize” as in find fault with. Instead, “critical” is
    used in the same way “critical thinking” is used. A synonym might be “interpretive” or
    “analytical.”

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