Science writing can take two forms: writing about science or writing within the context of science. Writing about science includes popular science writing by journalists or public information officers, which aims to inform the general public. Writing within the context of science includes scientific writing that reports factual information for other scientists. While science writing, business writing, journalistic writing, and creative writing differ in their audience, purpose, style, language and structure, understanding these genres can help readers move from discomfort to comfort in comprehending various texts.

1. SCIENCE WRITING:
HOWDIFFERENT/SIMILAR
IS IT FROMOTHER
FORMS OF WRITING
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2. Science writing likeany other form of writing issaidto be an art
because it is an expression of human’s creative mind.

3. Science writing may come in two forms:
(1) writing about science, and
(2) writing in the context of science
(Velasco, Sison, Moran, & Flor, 2005).

4. WRITINGABOUT
SCIENCE
WRITINGIN THE
CONTEXTOFSCIENCE
SCIENCE WRITING
POPULARSCIENCEWRITINGSCIENTIFICWRITING

5. leansmore into “technical writing”
which report factualinformation for
an intended audience
WRITINGIN THE
CONTEXTOF SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC
WRITING
(Velascoetal.,2007)

6. POPULAR SCIENCE
WRITING
WRITINGABOUT SCIENCE
Pertains to various materials produced by
journalists (e.g.science journalism) or
sciencepublic information officers
(CASW, nd)

7. SCIENCE
WRITING:
HOWSIMILAR OR
DIFFERENT IS IT
WITH OTHER
FORMS OFWRITING
• Science Writing
• Business Writing
• Journalistic Writing
• Creative Writing

8. CREATIVE WRITING
It may be divided into:
1) Fiction-products of the author’s
imagination, and;
2) Nonfiction-writings that are based
on real events or persons

9. BUSINESS
WRITING
It is mainly done in the workplace setting,
such as business letters, proposals, and
application packages.

10. JOURNALISM
Journalism are written accounts of true
events that is of interest to a largegroup
of people. Thesearethe stories you read
about in the newspapers orhear overthe
television orradio.

11. COMPARING &
CONTRASTING ScienceWriting
with OtherForms of Writing
• Audience
• Purpose
• Style
• Language
• Structure

12. Science Writing
Business Writing
Journalistic Writing
Creative Writing
GENRE AUDIENCE
Scientists,Researchers,
Scientific Community
Decision makers,Policymakers,Fund sources
General Public
General Public

13. Science Writing
Business Writing
Journalistic Writing
Creative Writing
GENRE PURPOSE
Toinform
Toinform
Topersuade
Toinform
Tocritique institutions
Toentertain

14. Science Writing
Business Writing
Journalistic Writing
Creative Writing
GENRE STYLE
Concise, Citationstylesaccordingtodiscipline (APA,MLA,Chicago
orTurabian,IEEE)
Concise, Simple,Persuasive,
Includesa Callto Action
Concise
AP Style(AssociatedPress)
Canbelengthy, Highly descriptive, Emphasison
narrativecraft

15. Science Writing
Business Writing
Journalistic Writing
Creative Writing
GENRE LANGUAGE
Impersonal,Objective, Factual,
Technical Terms/Jargon
Personablelanguage,You-centeredlanguage, Simpleand
understandablelanguage
Simpleandunderstandable.Objective,
Active voicepreferredover passivevoice
Connotativelanguage, Extendedmetaphors,Figures of
speech

16. Science Writing
Business Writing
Journalistic Writing
Creative Writing
GENRE STRUCTURE
CommonlyemploysIMRDformat
Employsa varietyof
ThoughtOrganizationmodels.
Emphasison developing strongLead
Commonlyemploysthe invertedpyramid
Three-actstructure:Set-up;Confrontation;Resolution

17. MOVE
LET US NOW

18. from
DISCOMFORT AND
CONFUSION IN READING SCIENTIFIC TEXTS
to
RELATIVE EASE AND COMFORTABILITY
BY ANTICIPATING
STRUCTURE(IMRAD)

19. from
UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTUAL
DEFINITIONS
to
GAINING EXPERTISE IN
ANY GENRE OF WRITING

20. from
BEING PASSIVE READERS
OF DIFFERENT GENRES
OF WRITING
to
BEING ACTIVE AGENTS
OF “EQUIVALENT ENLIGHTENMENT”

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