EAPP REVIEWER - What is the text about?

- Examples: Politics and Government,

Identifying Author’s Tone and POV
Mental and Physical Health, Technology
Tone & Social Media
2. ROLE
- It is the author’s attitude toward the
- Who am I as a writer?
topic.
- Examples: present information, develop
- The author’s attitude is expressed
an argument, infuse points of view,
through the words and details he or she
selects. incorporate others’ ideas and voices,
engage readers, sharpen focus, and
Types of Tone organize discourse
3. PURPOSE
Objective Tone
- Why am I writing this in the first place?
- Impartial - Examples: to persuade, to inform, to
- it is unbiased or neutral entertain, to express
- uses higher level words (advance English 4. AUDIENCE
words) and avoids pronouns such as I and - Who is reading this piece?
you. - Examples: Audience profile
Subjective Tone Features of Language
- personal - Academic writing requires sophisticated
- biased use of language.
- emotional and often informal
1. FORMALITY
Positive, Negative, and Neutral POV
It can be achieved through the following:
Positive POV
a. Choosing expanded modal forms over
- It is credibility builder. contracted forms.
- Encourages the reader to buy into your b. Choosing one verb over two-word
ideas. verbs.
c. Choosing expanded terms over their
Negative POV
abbreviated equivalents.
- The sentences contain negative d. Avoid the following:
expression. - COLLOQUIALISM/IDIOMS - It uses a
conversational style of language.
Neutral POV
- TRITE EXPRESSION - an expression that
- It has no feeling, just facts. is overused.
- presents opinion and conflicting findings 2. OBJECTIVITY
in a disinterested tone.
This means the writing must be impersonal and
Preliminaries of Writing maintains a certain level of social distance. It
Writing can be achieved by:

- It is a form of communication that is a. Avoiding the use of personal pronoun

shaped by the following factors: as I, you, and we.
1. TOPIC
 b. Avoiding rhetorical questions as it
marks closeness with the reader and
constantly seek his/her attention.
c. Avoid emotive language that shows
biases and lessens objectivity.
3. EXPLICITNESS
It demands the use of signposts that allow
readers to trace the relationships in the parts of
a study.
- If you intend to show a change in your
argument, make it clear by using,
HOWEVER. (Claim 1 + HOWEVER + C2)
- The following may be useful in making
ideas explicit.
This is due to the (Effect + Signpost + Cause)
Fallacies in Reasoning
Sound Reasoning – we make decisions and
judgements based on the sound reasoning,
even in the most significant thing we do for
the day.
Two Types of Sound Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning – general to specific
Inductive Reasoning – specific to general
Fallacies in reasoning
Bandwagon – based on popularity rather than
on specific evidence or facts.
Hasty Generalization – a conclusion without
enough pieces of evidence or further studies.

This resulted in (Cause + Signpost + Effect) Red Herring – distracts the opponent from
the real issue.
- Use this when two ideas seem the
Attack on a Person – attacks the person who
same, express each one clearly. (Idea 1
is making the argument instead of the issue.
+ Similarly + Idea 2)
- If you intend to give extra information Either-Or Reasoning – no choice
in your sentence, make it clear by
writing. (Info 1 + In addition + Extra
Info)
- If you are giving examples, do so
explicitly by writing. (Info + For Example
+ Example)
4. CAUTION
- It is needed to avoid sweeping
generalizations.
5. STRUCTURE
- Combining ideas effectively,
NOMINALIZATION, and PASSIVIZATION
are some ways to achieve structure fit
for academic writing.
- NOMINALIZATION: The verbs are made
central as they denote action.
Transforming verbs into nouns helps the
readers focus on the action and not on
the doer of the action.
- PASSIVIZATION: The results of the
actions are highlighted.