Conventions of Academic Writing
If you do not correctly cite a quote used in your work, you can be accused of this.
Plagarism.
The answer to this three-letter word that doubles as a question is important to know when thinking about the people reading your non-academic text.
Who?
The person who corrects grammar, spelling, and format.
This term means a 'type' or kind of writing, created in such a way that other people can recognize what type of writing it is.
Genre
Wardles says issues of this and values are important in a new worker's ability and willingness to learn to write for new workplaces.
Identity
Scholarly
A caption.
Someone who gives an unbiased perspective on current events.
A journalist.
A group of people who share methods of communication, goals, and knowledge about a specific subject.
A discourse community.
Name one of three ways Wardle says a newcommer will try and relate to a community.
Engagement, imagination, or alignment.
Another name for a 'works cited' or a 'reference' is...
A bibliography.
This word that rhymes with 'phone' describes something you must be careful with when thinking about how your writing will sound to the reader.
The tone.
The person who actually writes that instructional manual you throw in the trash.
Technical Writer
A term for the most widely accepted format used to create a specific type of writing.
Genre Conventions
This synonym for power is said to come to language from the outside, depending on who the speaker is.
Authority.
This form of paper is most commonly used when writing about history or art.
Chicage Style (CMS)
The answer to a previous question in this column is part of this series of six words that are heavily involved in journalistic writing.
What is who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Requires the writer to convince readers to take action. (Ex. Writing an Advertisement or the text for a Website Page.)
Copywriting
Coding.
Wardle suggestst that the issues Alan had with his new workplace arose from the established members treating like this.
A tool
A small preview of the article, usually placed on the first page, that informs readers what the piece will be about.
A field of writing that is commonly abbreviated CNF, it deals with true stories and events told in a narrative way.
Creative Non-Fiction.
A writer who produces work that someone else then puts their name on and takes credit for.
Ideas or thoughts that change your perspective on a subject in an irrevocable way once you understand them, like stepping through an open door and closing it behind you.
Threshold concepts.
Wardle says enculturation theories have overlooked this important point:
Not all new workers are expected, or themselves expect, to enculturate into a community.