WRT333
2—Style of Scientific Journal Articles
Given 9/29 | due 10/6
Scientific English
Review lecture notes from weeks 3 and 4
Using your journal article from assignment 1, find and copy down one sentence from your article (a total of five sentences) to serve as an illustration of each of the following (underline or highlight the relevant phrases)
- Nominalization
- Noun cluster
- Passive voice
- Dummy subject
- Specialized vocabulary or jargon
For each representative sentence
- Explain why this structure is effective for someone within the discourse community.
- Explain why this use of scientific english obscures meaning for intelligent people outside of the community.
- Rewrite each example, following the suggestions from the lecture notes, to make the scientific english more accessible to a general audience. Use active voice, personal pronouns, connecting words, or substitute vocabulary so that your revision will better serve a general reader.
How will this assignment be graded? This assignment is worth 10 points (10% of your final grade). You will be given one point for each example you copy and explain (but only if it succeeds in illustrating the grammatical point listed), and one point for each successful rewrite. Make certain that your rewritten sentences each correct the problem that you have said obscures meaning for general readers.