Characteristics of Professional/Academic Writing Shelli Meade

Writing effectively is habitual. Purposeful writing can improve writing effectiveness. Unit 1 Review: How are you going to get there? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Original Author Not Known

Formal vs. Informal Concise Polishing Your Writing Preview Unit 3 Assignment Agenda

Formal/Informal Writing and Standard English Formal and Informal Writing – What is the difference? What is Standard English? How do these apply to Professional/Academic writing?

Expectations for Professional/Academic Communication 1. Relatively little use of first person (e.g., “I”) and second person (e.g., “you). 2. No slang 3. No contractions 4. Other Expectations?

What is concise writing?

Ways to do this Getting rid of redundancy in writing--- Instead of “12 midnight”, use “midnight” Instead of “end result” use “result” Instead of “cooperate together” use “cooperate.”

Trimming sentences further Reducing Clauses to Phrases, Phrases to Single Words– Example: Citizens who knew what was going on voted him out of office. Knowledgeable citizens voted him out of office.

Phrases you can omit As far as I am concerned, there is no need for further protection of woodlands. Write instead: Further protection of woodlands is not needed. Omit phrases like “at the present time” and “ as a matter of fact.”

Contractions I and You Cannot It’s vs. Its Writing Process More to Come! Suggestions? Mini-Lessons in Doc Sharing

Unit 2 DB – You wrote about a charitable/non-profit organization in first person. Unit 3 Assignment – You will write a paragraph about heroes, providing a specific example of an historical figure. You may use second person, but third person is encouraged. Unit 6 Assignment – You will write a script about a social problem. You may use professional narrative for this. Unit 9 Assignment - You will write an expository essay. The essay is supposed to earn you a job as a life coach for a potential client. You must use only third person for this. Unit 3 Preview: How does the Unit 2 DB relate to Units 3, 6, and 9?

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