STYLE IN WRITING

The Informal and Formal Styles:

Rhetorical Patterns and Devices

The Register and Style of Academic Discourse

The Ethics of Scholarship

THE LOGIC OF ASSERTIONS

Statements of Convention, Fact, Opinion or Hypothesis, and Preference

Criteria for Judging the Truth of Assertions in Relation to Experience

LOGICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STATEMENTS

Basic Assumptions

Implications

Criteria for Judging Connections Between Statements

READING AND WRITING BASIC TYPES OF ACADEMIC DISCOURSE

The Report

The Concept Paper

The Position Paper

Following Proof

Analyzing the Logic of Argument

Devices of Persuasion

The Reaction paper

Informal (Impressionistic Criticism)

Formal/Objective Criticism or

Evaluation of Human Situations:

Social, Political, Cultural Phenomena/Artifacts

(e.g. a book review)

The Research paper

Choosing a Topic

Formulating a Problem

Locating Information

Storing Information (Note-taking)

Cross referencing of Concept

Synthesizing Materials from Different Sources

Deciding on Focus, Point of View, Approach

Writing the Outline

Working out Proportion of Parts, Emphasis

Writing the Paper

Documentation