WRDS 150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Apposition

• School: UBC
• Department: Art Studies in Writing
• Course: WRDS 150
• Professor: Casey Keulen

Document Summary

Academic writing: an introduction by janet giltrow et al; Summary: establishing a position, creating a scholarly conversation between researchers, constructing new knowledge. State of knowledge: the existing and currently ongoing schools of thought that are known based on the performed research between researchers. Knowledge gap: the parts of a discourse that are unknown and have not been discussed yet. Citation: works to establish the state of knowledge and take a position in a conversation, more than just giving an author credit. Levels of generality: can be known as levels that move from abstract to the detailed ideas in a written work or speech. High level: not concrete, abstract ideas and concepts. Reporting expressions: good way to start a scholarly conversation and state other researchers" positions i. e. x states that y is a negative consequence . Intervention: while using reporting expressions, state your position and the new information author is adding through an intervention.