Today’s GoalsCompare the results of your Publication

Analyses to highlight the unique strategies used by each students’ publication

Consider the four factors of style and how they can be used in composition and revision of informative writing

Discuss strategies for writing about research results in different publication types while maintaining credibility

Group Activity: Publication ComparisonIn your unit 3 groupsShare the results of your Minor Essay 3: Publication

Analysis, focusing on the general publication style, visual rhetoric, and document design strategies (rather than the article summaries)

Answer the following questions: 1. What visual rhetoric and document design strategies do

these publication types share? 2. What is one unique strategy employed by each

publication? (per student)3. List the publications in order from formal and pedantic to

informal and colloquial, and give one reason or example why each publication was given its position

Style - ReviewConsider style as a tool for explaining genreStyle factors:

Sentence structure: long or short? Varied or monotonous? Types of words: pedantic or colloquial? Abstract or

concrete?Voice or Persona: 1st or 3rd person? Expert or layperson?Tone: Formal or informal? Humorous or serious?

Review on pg. 68 if necessarySecondary Style factor: Research discussion

Different publications will have different styles for discussing research and may vary in their use of 1st vs 3rd person, passivization, and linguistic distance from the performed methods

Group Activity: Stylistic RevisionsIn your unit 3 groupsRead through the passages “Four Powerful

Strategies . . .” On pg. 69-71 and “Use a Voice Matched to Your . . .” starting on page 74 of the A&B textbook

Do the activity “Revising Passages to Create a More Effective Style”

Group Activity – Research ResultsIn your unit 3 groupsShare the results of your nearly completed research

and answer the questions below for each student1. How do your results align with your original

hypothesis thus far? Do they seem to support or disprove it?

2. What particular question/answer/observation seems to be the strongest in support of your thesis or hypothesis? Why?

3. Based on these results and your original expectations, create a thesis or main idea from your research that you can use to guide your informative article.

Talking About Research-Objectivity & EthosDifferent publication types and individual

publications will have different strategies for discussing research

Some writers will want to closely associate themselves with the research conducted, which can show their own personal involvement to establish ethos

Other writers will need to distance their personal involvement in the research, highlighting the experiment or study itself

Four main strategies: 1st person singular, 1st person plural, 3rd person, passivized

Talking About ResearchNewspaper/Magazine Scholarly

Article/Research ReportUses combination of 1st

and 3rd person for different purposes

When discussing interviews, 1st person is usually the preferred

Will often use first person plural to discuss the use of surveys and observations, drawing ethos from their institution

Uses 3rd person and passivized sentences to emphasize objectivity

Talking About Research 1st Person Singular

Links writer most closely with researchUseful for interviews and in less formal newspapers and

magazinesAvoid with surveys or in scholarly articles and research

reportsEx: “I interviewed several townsfolk on the matter . . . .”

1st Person PluralClosely links writer to research (but not as close as 1st person

singular)Similar patterns to 1st person singularIncreased ethos by associating the writer with his/her

institution or companyEx: “We at the Herald interviewed several politicians . . . .”

Talking About Research3rd Person

Creates distance from writer/researcher to show objectivity Heavily used in the hard sciences, with surveys, or in scholarly

articles and research reports Less common in newspapers, magazines, or less formal writing styles Will often use “this study” or “this experiment” as a subject Ex: “This experiment will attempt to prove . . . .”

Passivized Greatest distance from writer/research but not as commonly used as

3rd person One of the most used styles for research reports Uses English passivization structure with inverted subject and object Ex: “An increase in violent behavior was observed . . . .” (as opposed

to “I observed an increase in violent behavior)

Group Activity – Writing about researchIn your unit 3 groupsAnswer the questions below for each student1. Which strategy for talking about research is

most commonly used by your group’s publication type? Why do you think that strategy would be used?

2. Based on your research method, publication type, and experiences reading that publication, which of the 4 strategies we discussed will be best suited for each student?

Homework:Finish conducting Primary research

Final research results due 4/7Informative Article Introduction

Due 4/7Draft the first page of your informative article

(200+ words)For magazines and newspapers, this should include

your lead and attention grabbing strategyFor research reports, this must include your abstractMake sure to use the document design and visual

rhetoric strategies of your publication