Acc Arabic Coffee Techniques & Features of Encyclopedic or Report Writing Essay

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Discussion of the features of encyclopedic or report writing: • just-the-facts approach • short and clear • summary of information • no opinion from the summarizer • formal tone Start a source file when you start exploratory research. Start an information file when your topic is approved. Review the features of sources • popular vs scholarly aka (also known as) common vs academic • primary, secondary and tertiary (ti = sh) aka first, second, third place away from the info Supporting Assignment: Website Evaluation Below are three (3) websites with information about Martin Luther King. Assess them as possible sources for an objective factual report about Dr. King. Consider using one or more of the criteria checklists for your assessment. In a Word document, describe your evaluation of each site. Explain how and why you would or would not use the site as a source for your report. Support your explanation with specific information about how the site met assessment criteria for reliability. Add any other observations that influenced your final conclusion. Use one document for all three explanations. Submit your work as an attachment in the submission forum on Joule. Make sure your name is on the Word document and also in the file name. 1. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html 2. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/martin-luther-king-jr/ 3. http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king 1. Where & how to look and find information on a website • Look for information about the website before you accept the content. Read “around.” o header o footer o sides (ads, navigation, promotions) o url o domain & sponsor o about page • Look at the middle of webpages for content. Look o author at the top o hyperlinks to sources in the text and/or o a reference list at the end o attributions for images Last step in Stage 1 Pre-writing 1. choose a topic √done (Arabic coffee) 2. read extensively to learn more 3. create a source file 4. collect information 5. create an information file 6. evaluate your sources 7. outline to organize the information you have found Next step: writing the rough draft • can be a fill-in of your outline • not a linear process • do one section at a time • write the sections in any order • connect to sources 1 • think facts, not story • don’t try to make it perfect • the lead paragraph will be written last • post a rough draft; don’t start editing yet Reminders: • This is a factual report o not a story o not a review o not a commentary • No thesis • General global audience, not an academic one • You are anonymous; don’t try to impress anyone • No quoting; synthesize & summarize • summarizing • synthesizing • reliance rely on (depend on) • Encyclopedic writing o facts come from many sources o sources verify the facts o sources are in the background; the facts are in the foreground o summarizing facts, not sources Using sources in a different way • Mining for facts that are related to the topic focus. Gold mine, coal mine, diamond mine • If necessary, re-stating the expression of those facts. • Combining many small facts, maybe from many sources, to express information • Using sources to verify facts, not to support your writing. • The sources are important but subordinate to your report (footnotes vs intext)
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Features of Encyclopedic or Report Writing
Report writing is an official way of writing in detail concerning a topic. It shows reality
and specific information with no opinions. The report is often directed to a particular audience
and organized into headings and subheadings. One of the essential features of report writing is
the table of contents, which explains the report's primary objectives. The table of contents should
be brief and to the point. The second page of the information must have a title and describe one
or two paragraphs of an executive summary. The summary should provide enough outline of the
report so that any reader who doesn't have enough time to read through the information can note
the main points at a glance. The summary should also contain the objectives of the report, the
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