CHAP TER Separating Ideas and Shaping Content Writing Paragraphs 1. PURPOSE, AUDIENCE, TONE, AND CONTENT L E A R N I N G 1. 2. 3. 4. 6 O B J E C T I V E S Identify the differences between summary, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation paragraphs Identify the content in writing paragraphs Demonstrate how audience and tone influence content Apply purpose, audience, tone, and content to a specific assignment Imagine reading a poorly written review of a movie that you would like to see
Words: 11739 - Pages: 47
Academic Writing I. Some Basic Rules: Academic English is more formal than the language used in everyday conversation or in emails, letters, magazines or most newspapers. It shouldn’t sound ‘chatty.’ It avoids slang and colloquialisms such as: ‘The writer is out of order when he suggests...’ ‘These findings need to be taken with a pinch of salt.’ ‘The argument was ‘a bit over the top.’ Your writing should be clear so that the reader can easily follow what you are trying to say. Do not
Words: 517 - Pages: 3
her own knowledge or experience with the product, she needs to evaluate the two alternatives suitably. The two alternatives are:- 1. Creative Zen Stone Plus which costs $59.99 and is recommended by her boyfriend’s best friend. 2. The Rio Carbon 5 costing $49.99 suggested by the store salesman. The next step is to examine these alternatives. The Creative Zen player is more aesthetically pleasing to her. It has color options which include Kade’s favorite color blue. It is within her price range
Words: 435 - Pages: 2
As a businessperson should it matter how we read and write? Why worry about reading strategies when we are crunching numbers and focusing on making a business excel, right? Wrong. “How to Read like a Writer”, an essay by Mike Bunn, explains to us how one’s reading and writing strategies can deepen your understanding of a piece of writing. Specifically strategies and techniques of reading like a writer. Not long after reading Bunn’s essay for the first time I was searching for articles concerning
Words: 499 - Pages: 2
My name is Amanda Beckford I am a Poet and a Writer. I was born in Homerton Hospital in Hackney on the 15th of December 1987. I’ve lived in East London all my life. I went to three different Primary schools. I remember always finishing my work before the others, and then becoming bored and making trouble. Even now, I never sit still, I’m always multi-tasking. I didn’t speak perfect English but Jamaican patois, and being of mixed ethnicity seemed to cause conflict. I didn’t look or sound, like the
Words: 1042 - Pages: 5
Financial Reporting Practices and Ethical Standards Paper Ebony Washington HCS - 405 05/02/2011 Donna Pearson Financial Reporting Practices and Ethical Standards Paper Financial reporting is a process that been under a great deal of problems. It is one of the most important functions that an organization has to pay close attention to; it requires a higher code of ethical behavior. Ethical standards are a set principal that promotes values such as trust, good behavior fairness, and
Words: 1078 - Pages: 5
1. Be mindful of the three: language, spellings and grammar, and format. 2. Write simple, short sentences that you can manage to write without grammatical errors. As a thumb rule, if your sentence runs into the third line in MS Word, it is long and perhaps confounding. 3. Do run proper spell check before submitting any document to anyone. It is unprofessional and rather rude to submit documents with spellings mistakes. The reader will immediately lose confidence in your
Words: 641 - Pages: 3
report Stuck In Neutral This book is called Stuck in Neutral and is written by Terry Trueman. It was published on October 9, 2001. Terry attended the University of Washington, where he received his B.A. in creative writing. He also has a M.S. in applied psychology and a M.F.A. in creative writing, both from Eastern Washington University. He has two sons and currently lives Spokane, Washington since 1974. There are a few main characters in this book. The main character in this book is Shawn McDaniel
Words: 610 - Pages: 3
ACC 576 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/acc-576-wk-4-assignment-1/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ACC 576 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 ACC 576 WK 4 Assignment 1 - Audit Planning and Activities Search the Internet for a recent occurrence of accounting fraud that an independent accounting firm failed to detect. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. Evaluate the extent of the fraud in question, and suggest three to five
Words: 866 - Pages: 4
Assignment #1 “Creative Destruction” 1) Describe the process of creative destruction in your words An essential feature of capitalism, creative destruction is a continuous process characterized by moments of radical innovation in products, production methods, organizational structures and markets that provide decisive advantages over legacy operations. This disrupts and fundamentally changes established industries, with the resulting efficiencies increasing the productive capacity of the economy
Words: 557 - Pages: 3
