Course Glossary
Here are some words that you should be familiar with for this course.
Unless otherwise noted, definitions from Wiktionary. CC BY SA
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SettingNoun
setting (plural settings)
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Social NetworksFor the context of this course we will be using the terms Social Networks and Social Media interchangeably. Computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. | |
StructureManner in which a building or other complete whole [like an academic paper] is constructed, supporting framework or whole of the essential parts of something (the structure of a poem, sentence, etc.) (Oxford Concise Dictionary). A Guide to Reading and Analyzing Academic Articles, by Amanda Graham, 1997-2012, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. | |
StyleRefers to the way a writer expresses his or her ideas. Oxford Concise Dictionary: “manner of writing, speaking, or doing, in contrast to the matter to be expressed or thing done; collective characteristics of the writing or diction or way of presenting things.” A Guide to Reading and Analyzing Academic Articles, by Amanda Graham, 1997-2012, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. | |
SummaryAdjective
summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)
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