ENG100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mind Map, Brainstorming, List Of Fables Characters
ENG100H5 – Lecture 14
Things to do:
• Read about topic
• Research
• Experiment
• Draft(s)
• Revision
• Ask questions!
• Brainstorming *Relational
• Plan
• Mindmap
• Essay outline => Structure
Step 1
Understanding the Writing Situation
• All pieces => arise from a Writing Situation
o Shape the message
o Suit the audience
o Suite the purpose
• Why are you writing the text => INFORM? INTERPRET? ARGUE?
o Suite the context
INFORM
• Purpose: PASS ON INFORMATION about a topic with NO PERSONAL SPIN or
OPINION
o Transmitting data without mediating it
• Keywords:
o Classify
o Describe
o Define
o Identify
o Illustrate
o Report
o Survey
o Outline
o Review
o State
o Summarize
INTERPRET
• Purpose: EXPLORE the MEANING of a text, object, event etc.;
o Offering your own interpretation of the data
• Keywords:
o Analyze
o Compare
o Contrast
o Explain
o Reflect
Document Summary
Things to do: read about topic, research, experiment, draft(s, revision, ask questions, brainstorming *relational, plan, mindmap, essay outline => structure. Inform: purpose: pass on information about a topic with no personal spin or. Opinion: transmitting data without mediating it, keywords, classify, describe, define. Illustrate: report, survey, outline, review, state, summarize. Interpret: purpose: explore the meaning of a text, object, event etc, offering your own interpretation of the data, keywords, analyze, compare, contrast, explain, reflect. Interpret: discuss, examine, prove, validate, agree, explore, synthesize. Argue: purpose: prove a point or support an opinion using logic and concrete evidence, using the data to support your own ideas, keywords, assess, defend, refute, agree, critique, evaluate, justify, argue, discuss, support. Generate preliminary ideas and form research question: note everything that comes into your mind before you begin your research, including questions, knowing nothing => ask any and all questions, knowing a lot => ask more specific questions. "i wonder" / "they say" / "i say"
