INI204Y1 Lecture Notes - Academic Writing, Common Rule, Critical Thinking
12 Mar 2014
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Types of written discourse: creative writing, expressive writing. Works of fiction novel short story poem play. Non-fictional accounts or stories personal experience personal impression emotional response. Factual reporting or commentary for general public consumption newspaper: magazine internet site. Informative communication especially geared to the needs and practices of the workplace report brief executive summary: memorandum or other correspondence, Formal, non-fictional discourse (usually in book or essay form) based on authoritative sources and designed to inform and to stimulate an intelligent audience focused critical perspective specialized research systematic presentation documentation to acknowledge sources. Modes of academic discourse: narration, description, exposition, argument. Presents the physical attributes, parts, or setting of a topic, often through a spatial order of development, for the purpose of conveying a personal impression. Presents an event, an idea, or a process in a chronological order of development for the purpose of conveying a sense of a progression of action.
