| Tone & Style – Academic Register |
Formal academic register, Improving formality, Economy-of-expression, Passive voice, Nominalization, Emotive lexis, Achieving an impersonal style. |
| Structure & Organization |
Structuring writing, Paragraph structure, Topic sentences, Supporting sentences, Concluding sentences, Writing an effective conclusion, Abstract writing, Text organization (block, point-by-point), Macro-organizers. |
| Cohesion and Coherence |
Creating cohesion, Cohesive Noun phrases, Signposts to structure, Achieving coherence |
| Incorporating Evidence |
Using examples to support, Fact and opinion in writing, Reporting authors’ words & introduction to synthesis reporting verbs, Types of evidence |
| Academic Voice |
Argumentation, Thesis statement, Argument, Counter-argument, Premise, Fact vs. opinion |
| Critical Writing |
Bloom’s Taxonomy (critical thinking triangle), Lateral thinking, Evaluating source evidence |
| Report Writing |
Types of common report language, How reports are accessed, Examples of structuring a report, Presentation and layout of common styles. |
| Analyzing data |
Intro. to describing graphs and tables, Describing and interpreting trend and change in graphs, Comparing data |