Multiple Intelligence

Logical/Mathematical - I enjoy playing brainteasers and logic puzzles.

Interpersonal - I have a good understanding of my feelings and how I will react to situations.
Naturalistic - I notice similarities and differences in trees, flowers and other things in nature.
Intrapersonal- I can understand what others feel.
Verbal/Linguistic - I enjoy participating in debates and/or discussions.
Visual/Spatial - I am observant. I often see things that others miss.
Musical - I can pick out different instruments when I listen to a piece of music.
Body/Kinesthetic - I enjoy team sports rather than individual sports.

Academic Text- This is basically anything that can be used in a school or classroom. It can include school books, newspapers, articles,
textbooks and anything that has been written by someone with experience in the field.

An academic text, besides building knowledge, contains specific information, often supported by a research of any kind or an
analysis which brings about a reflection or hypothesis in any particular academic field, and which then can be turned into a
reliable source.

An academic text has the following features,

 text structure
 purpose
 reaction
Academic texts are structured in different subject.
Description - This type of text structure features a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture
Cause and effect - This structure presents the causal relationship between an specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas,
or concept that follow.
Problem and solution - This type of structure sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of
the solution.
Sequence pattern - This text structure gives readers a chronological of events or a list of steps in a procedure.
Style - It is the framework around which you construct in academic writing.
Content - It refers to the subject, idea, or topic you are going to discuss or focused on in academic writing.
Structure - It refers to the approaches on how you are going to organize academic writing.
Language - It can be Filipino, English or mother tongue specifics that you can employ in academic writing which will depend on the
readers.
Writing a review - It is a type of writing that is based on analysis. It is the process of breaking down ideas to increase the reader’s
understanding.
The following are the different purposes in writing an academic text, except one. What is it?
 To provide a solution to a problem
 To persuade reader to accept a point of view
 To report a fact that has been taken from reliable source
The following statements implies the importance of academic writing:
 Academic writing aims to communicate
 Academic writing aims to influence other’s thought
 Academic writing develops skills in evaluating, analyzing, criticizing, comparing and synthesizing
Writing a reaction paper - will improve communication skills and this will benefit college students after graduation in their field of
expertise or chosen profession.
Paraphrasing - It is a technique of rewriting a text so that the language is substantially different while the content stays the same.
Outlining - It presents a picture of the main idea and the supporting ideas of any subject.,
Outlining - It is a technique of reducing the length of a text but retaining the main points.
Elements of effective paraphrasing:
 Has a different structure to organize
 Has many different vocabularies
 Retains the same meaning
Plagiarism - It is an intellectual crime that is mostly commited by writers.
Plagiarism - is commited by taking ideas or words of others without acknowledging its source
The following are reasons to avoid plagiarism:
 Copying the work of others will nog help you develop your own understanding
 Plagiarism may lead to failing a course.
 Plagiarism is easily detected by teachers and computer software.
The degrees of Plagiarism:
 Technical plagiarism
 Self-Plagiarism
 General or Common Knowledge
Fact - is a specific detail that can be proven as true based on an objective evidence.
Eample:
Babies generally start to talk between 18 and 24 months of age.
Alexander the Great is one of the military leaders in world history.

Opinion - is an expression of feeling, judgment, belief, or conclusion that cannot be proven true by an objective evidence.
Example:
 Italian is an easier language to learn than Spanish
Exercise is the only sure way to lose weight

The following are both exmples of integral way of citing sources in APA and MLA format:
a. Increased awareness of the dangers of a high fat diet have led to a rise in the sale of fresh vegetables in the local supermarkets
(Chen, 1997, p.62).
b. According to Chen (1997), Increased awareness of the dangers of a high fat diet have led to a rise in the sale of fresh vegetables in
the local supermarkets.

Quotation - is an exact duplication of the author’s words as they appear in original source.

Paraphrasing - is an integral and non-integral way of citing the source.

The forms of citation used for the following passage.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Many a man believes himself to be the master of others who is no less than they, a
slave. How did this change take place? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? To this question I hope to be able to furnish
an answer. (Rousseau 57)

Summary
Example:
Rousseau suggests that, although they come into the world uninhibited, human beings find themselves universally
oppressed. (Rousseau 57)
Quotation
Example:
In an essay examining the relationship of humanity and society, Rousseau asserts that “man is born free, and
everywhere he is in chains” (Rousseau 57).
Reporting
Example:
In his essay, “The Origin of Civil Society,” Rousseau questions his observations of humanity, which indicate that a person’s
free nature and his or her actual social status are in conflict.

Note: When you use the work of another writer, you must provide documentation in all of the following cases EXCEPT when you
write your thoughts or reflections after reading the author’s text
Below is an example of a reference using the Harvard System (APA Style). Answer the next questions. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

Parts of Bibliography
Borg, Erik (2003). 'Discourse Community', English Language Teaching (ELT) Journal, 57, 4, pp. 398–400
Name of the author Title of the Book or article Name of the Publisher Page Number

Reaction - statement states the purpose/form of a reaction paper

Diary - statement states the purpose/form of a Diary Entry
Feminist Criticism - It examines how sexual identity influences the creation and reception of literary works.
Historical Criticism - It examines the literary work through its structure, content, mechanics, style and language used.
Biographical criticism - It begins with the simple but central insight that is written by actual people.
Sociological Criticism - It examines literature in the cultural, economic, and political context
Formalist Criticism - It implies the recurrent universal pattern, underlying most literary works.
Gender Criticism - It is concerned with the impact of gender on writing and and reading.