4. Nature of Academic Text
AcademicText
It is a product of communication
or piece of language used for
academic purposes or in relation
to academic courses or subjects.
5. Language Use
A well- written text uses an
appropriate language and words
in delivering the message.
It has to be appropriate to the
topic
It should be suited to the reader
7. Subjective tone of writing-
uses the writer’s personal and
bias judgment
Objective tone of writing- uses
factual information and
arguments.
8. The writer has to decide the
language and tone of writing
depending on the purpose of
writing.
9. Text Structure
1. Narration
- Basic strategy used by the writers for
presenting action.
-Tells a story or explains a sequence of
events
- Screen and present details which explains
the significance of the event.
10. Text Structure
1.Narration
a. Narratives- retell a past events.The
sequence of events can be
presented using strategies like
flashback- to previous events, and
flash-forward- to the present or
future.
11. Text Structure
1. Narration
b. Objective Narration- presents facts
to screen an accurate time line of
events.
c. Subjective Narration- conveys the
impressions, fellings, insights or point
of view.
17. Text Structure
2. Definition
d. Personal definitions are
definitions which depend on
the interpretations or assigned
meaning of the writer himself.
18. Text Structure
2. Definitions
e. Invented definitions meanings
given to words which are
newly- coined as already
being used in the society.
19. Text Structure
3. Classification
One of the strategies in the writing
which involves combining objects
or items into categories based on
distinct characteristics.
22. Text Structure
4. Comparison and Contrast
Comparison is how two object or
items are alike while
Contrast is to identify their
differences.
23. Text Structure
Two ways of using comparison and
contrast in writing
Chunking- the characteristics of the item
being compared are presented
separately
Sequencing- the attributes of objects are
presented point by point.
24. Text Structure
5. Cause and Effect
A writing strategy states or explains
reasons why things happen or
explains the results of certain
phenomena.
26. Synthesizing simply means
combining. Instead of
summarizing the main points of
each source in turn, you put
together the ideas and findings of
multiple sources in order to make
an overall point.
27. At the most basic level, this
involves looking for similarities
and differences between your
sources
32. Summarizing
- Involves condensing the text into
a short form
- It involves getting only the most
important parts of the material.
- A summary is normally a one-
third length og the original text
33. Paraphrasing
- Entails the use of rewording and
rephrasing of the original text.
- The rewording and paraphrasing
are done to achieve clarity of the
text
35. Outlining
-It is the process of Organizing
information gathered from
reading.
-Makes it possible to arrange the
ideas, details and examples based
on importance or chronology
