Friday, August 28, 2015

STUDYING FOR ENGLISH

WRITTING ELEMENTS TO KEEP IN MIND

1. purpose

2. audience

3. voice

4. medium

TYPES OF WRITING

Expository: explain an idea or theory or explore a question

Analytical: analyze the context or purpose of a text

Technical/Scientific: to report the process an experiment or lab results

Business: to provide the status update of a project or work

Persuasive/ argumentative: to persuade people to think the way you think to make them understand your point of view  or to encourage people to take action

Expressive: to express personal experiences or feelings

Narrative: to tell a story whether it's real or not.


COMMON READING STRATEGIES

1. skimming through

2. looking for information (or specific points)

3. close reading (carefully analyzing the context in the reading)

KEY POINTS FOR CLOSED READING:

1. read multiple times

2. look for common ground (things you already know/have head of)

3. question and challenge the reading

4. write as you read (annotate, mark the text, highlight)

5. remember critics will read your writting


(this information was my understanding from the book "Keys For Writers" by Ann Raimes, Susan K. Miller-Cochran; seventh edition, Part 1 The Writing Process pp. 3-10.  I interpreted what I read into my own words as a form of studying for quiz in an English class. It is by no means my work. Thank You)

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