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ENGH 121 | Fall 2013 Academic Language Analysis Data Collection - Due Wednesday, November 20 Group Submission For

r this assignment, you will choosetwo paragraphs from your own ALA article to analyze. In the first step, you will label and mark up each sentence. In the second step, you will tally (count) the items you marked and put them onto a form. STEP ONE a. Copy sentences from the paragraphs you chose into a blank Microsoft Word Document. b. Name paragraphs in your new documents and number the sentences in them (PARAGRAPH ONE, Sentence One, etc.) c. Mark the sentences using the following system: Green highlighting = Underlining = Yellow highlighting = [Bracket] = (Parenthesis) = Blue text = Red text = Purple text = IC DC phrase subject verb object /complement

d. Save the file with the following name: firstnames_markedparaphs_AC4 e. Submit on Blackboard, under Homework.

EXAMPLE: Paragraph One


1. Questions ofvoice, address, and intention all arise, and [because these questions have similarlyoccupied literary scholars], itstempting ( to transpose lessons )(from narratology onto the study of code and comments in code).Sentence Type? ___ 2. Even early considerations ( by computer scientists ) ( of the role of comments in code )acknowledgedthe centrality ( of these narratological questions ). Sentence Type? ___

STEP TWO Fill in the following charts and complete the calculations. Expand the tables as needed.

# Sentences

# ICs

# Simple Sentences

# Complex Sentences 1

# Compound Sentences

# CompoundComplex Sentences

# Direct Quotes

# Indirect Quotes 1

# Words

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Totals =

1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11

1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11

24 20 47 32 32 23 41 34 33 27 334

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1

1 6 3 1

1 11

Verb
(base form )

Frequency

Degree Strong,
Neutral, Weak

Tense

VoiceActiv
e Passive

arise
(example row)

Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive

Past Present Future Conditional

12 Be

Past Present Future Conditional

1 Represent

N Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive

Past Present Future Conditional

1 Continue

N Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive

Past Present Future Conditional

5 Reported S Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive

Past Present Future Conditional

Ask

N Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive

Past Present Future Conditional

Posted

Found

Disagree

Feel

Past Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive Past Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive Past Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive Past Simple Progressive Perfect PerfectProgressive

Present Future Conditional

Present Future Conditional

Present Future Conditional

Present Future Conditional

Used Adverb likely


(example row)

Not Used

Definition probably Little, few Separately Very, extremely For the most part A little, Somewhat

Placement in Sentence after verb in IC Before Verb in IC After verb in DC Before verb in IC After Verb in IC After verb in IC

Contractions (its) Personal Pronouns (I, you, we)

Less Respectively Strongly Mostly Sightly

Simple Subject of Independent Clause (copy & paste from text)


single word or a noun with an article and/or adjectivein front of it

Noun PhraseTrain or Noun Clause x

EXAMPLE:

Questions of voice, address, and intention all


x

EXAMPLE: It EXAMPLE: early considerations by computer scientists of the role of comments in code The Vast majority of colleges students surveyed E-mail Course websites and E-mail lists Wikis and chat rooms E-mail it E-mail lists and course website Totals

x x x x x x x x 4 6

Specialized and/or Repeated Key Vocabulary Term Neutral Survey Report Agree Synonym or definition Not helping or supporting either side in a conflict Examine and record the area and features of( an area of land) so as to contract a map. Inform, reply Consent approve

Calculations Ratio Verbs to Words(example row) Verbs to Words Adverbs to Verbs Strong to Neutral Verbs Simple Sentences to all other types Direct Quotes to Indirect Quotes Simple subject to noun phrase or noun clause subject Numeric Ratio 28/314 31/305 5/305 30/305 1/4 3/4 1/3 Percentage 9% 10% 1.6% 9.8% 25% 75% 33%

1. (The vast majority of colleges students surveyed,) 84%, are usingtheInternet(to communicate with professors), (a number similar to the one reported in 2002 (87%).) 2. E-mail is (the most popular method)(for doing so), (with 79% of college students) using it (to reach their instructors). 3. Course websites and e-mail lists were also popular means of communication with professors, with about one-quarter (23%) using e-mail lists and close to half (45%) using course websites. (Instant messaging), wikis and chat roomsrepresented only a small percentage of students'means of communication with faculty (4% combined). 4. [Although e-mail continues( to be most used by students)( to get in touch with professors)], it is less used nowthanwas reported in 2002, [when (94% of college students)reported using it]. 5. E-mail lists and course websites have risen in popularity since 2002, [when (8% and 20% of students) reported using those (respectively)]. 6. (In 2005) Jones and Johnson-Yale reported that only (6% of college faculty) reported using e-mail lists [although 55% reported using course websites].

7. [(When students were asked )(whether they felt it was okay )(to copy and paste a paper posted on the Internet)( for use as their own work in a class)], 88% disagreed or strongly disagreed that it was okay to do so. 8. The others were mostly neutral on the issue (10%), with only a few(2%) agreeing that it was okay (to copy and paste material they found online) and (claim it as their own work). 9. [(When asked how they would feel) about (the practice of copying and pasting papers posted online foruse) as their own if (they knew they would not be caught)], students were slightly less disagreeable. 10. (About (three-quarters (76%) )still disagreed with the practice), (while those who were neutral rose to 18%), and those (who agreed that it was okay rose to 4%).

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