Entry #2: Advice on Academic Writing

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Entry #5: Topic sentence

PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH TOPIC SENTENCE:   It refers to what you are writing about. You can start with an interesting topic and give your opinion on it. Don't give too many details in this part. BODY: It must include the supporting details or arguments for your topic sentence. There are two ways that you can use to order the details. One of them is by order of importance in which you are going to include the strongest argument. The other one is by chronology in which you are goin to consider the order od events. CLOSING SENTENCE: This sentence has two functions: reminding the audience what you are writing about or restating your topic sentence and keeping the audience thinking. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Learn English with Alex [engvid], (2009).  Parts of a Paragraph - English Academic Writing Introduction,  from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuExRE6N-4 Here you have some paragraphs as examples from the site of University of Ottawa with its corresponding t...
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Entry #4: Speech Acts

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When are words just words, and when do words force action?  In order to explain Speech Act,J.L Austin distinguished two separate parts of speech, constatives and performatives. On one hand, constatives refer to speech that describes something as true or false. They also try to convey a message. On the other hand, performatives denote an action. Moreover, performatives depend on the context and reception to be understood, what is called FELICITY CONDITIONS. In this way, a performative speech should respect several conditions. It should be authoritative, understood, clear and able to be executed. In simple words, constative IS and performative DOES. Therefore, when we think about Speech act, we should take into account that sometimes words are not only words but words themselves could be actions. TIME TO THINK 1. Which is not one of the parts of speech defined by Austin? A. Constatives B. Formatives C. Performatives D. None of the above 2. If the headline rea...
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