ENGL109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Brakes, List Of Fables Characters
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Active voice: subject is doing the verb"s action e. g. she slammed on the brakes as the card sped downhill. Passive voice: subject is being acted upon e. g. the brakes were slammed on by her as the card sped downhill. Sentences ow more smoothly with active voice (use in reports) Rst-person: generally used for autobiographies (pronouns like i", we", ours": avoid using in academic writing (too informal) Second-person: reader is directly addressed (pronouns like you", your", yours": rarely used, found in instructions. Third-person perspective: used for academic writing (pronouns like she", him", them") Purpose of work report is to connect your co-op work experience and with your academic studies (do so by applying your university learning to work problems) Key steps to writing a work report: find an audience, find a problem, perform research, structure and write technically, revise, polish and submit. Introduction introduction: makes predictions about patterns and possibilities associated with the subject matter or content of the report.
