Key Elements of Writing in Academic Settings
Stephanie Moreno
Dr. D. Pineda
English 101
March 9, 2014
“Writing in Academic Settings”
WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING
Writing a Personal Response
A personal response must have reasons that back up your response by citing and explaining your ideas. Most readers believe there is a correct answer and distrust their response because they don’t feel their answer has the correct meaning. Any meaning is fine as long as it’s backed up with evidence.
The Purpose of a Personal Response
There are many reasons for a personal response. Your personal response enriches your reader by identifying how the text affects you and what it means to you. This form of response can also inform your teacher on how you feel or understand the material given.
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Personal Response
If help is needed for writing your personal response, reread your notes and study. Follow the procedures you have learned to generate ideas. When you draft and rewrite your essay, remember your observations and personal experiences. Use one of the patterns of development to help you. Make sure you follow guidelines when paraphrasing, quoting or summarizing.
Sample Personal Response
A student wrote “The Not-So-Ideal Male” which was a personal response to “Americanization Is Tough on Macho.” This response stemmed from the idea on what it is like to be “manly.”
Writing a Summary
A summary is taking the main ideas of an entire reading and restating those main ideas in your own words. A summary is always shorter than the original.
The Purpose of Summarizing
Summarizing is an important strategy which gives you a study guide and helps you learn.
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Summary
A Sample Summary
Writing a Critical Analysis
The Purpose of Critical Analysis
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Critical Analysis
A Sample Critical Analysis
Writing a Synthesis
The Purpose of Synthesis
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Synthesis
A Sample Synthesis
Dr. D. Pineda
English 101
March 9, 2014
“Writing in Academic Settings”
WRITING IN RESPONSE TO READING
Writing a Personal Response
A personal response must have reasons that back up your response by citing and explaining your ideas. Most readers believe there is a correct answer and distrust their response because they don’t feel their answer has the correct meaning. Any meaning is fine as long as it’s backed up with evidence.
The Purpose of a Personal Response
There are many reasons for a personal response. Your personal response enriches your reader by identifying how the text affects you and what it means to you. This form of response can also inform your teacher on how you feel or understand the material given.
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Personal Response
If help is needed for writing your personal response, reread your notes and study. Follow the procedures you have learned to generate ideas. When you draft and rewrite your essay, remember your observations and personal experiences. Use one of the patterns of development to help you. Make sure you follow guidelines when paraphrasing, quoting or summarizing.
Sample Personal Response
A student wrote “The Not-So-Ideal Male” which was a personal response to “Americanization Is Tough on Macho.” This response stemmed from the idea on what it is like to be “manly.”
Writing a Summary
A summary is taking the main ideas of an entire reading and restating those main ideas in your own words. A summary is always shorter than the original.
The Purpose of Summarizing
Summarizing is an important strategy which gives you a study guide and helps you learn.
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Summary
A Sample Summary
Writing a Critical Analysis
The Purpose of Critical Analysis
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Critical Analysis
A Sample Critical Analysis
Writing a Synthesis
The Purpose of Synthesis
Process Guidelines: Strategies for Writing a Synthesis
A Sample Synthesis
Cited: Adler, Mortimer. “How to Mark a Book.” Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader. Ed. Barbara Fine Clouse. 6th ed. New York: McGraw, 2011, 23-27. Print. Clouse, Barbara Fine. “Reading Critically.” Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader. 6th ed. New York: McGraw, 2011. 3-22. Print.