What is a Scientific Text?

What is a Scientific Text?

1. Scientific literature

   • Refers to any scientific subject
   • Specific terminology allowing accurate translations
   • Specific information and not on the author's opinions
   • Can be tested to prove that the information presented is credible and real.

2. Main characteristics

   • verbs in active voice
   • simple explanations
   • use non-examples

3. Categories

   • Argumentative text
     • Two opinions that compare one against the other
   • Referential text
     • Simply describe some phenomenon
   • Reports
     • Written texts to describe an event
     • Developed with a time sequence structure
   • Instructional texts
     • Tell the reader how to perform an action
     • Uses imperative verbal forms

4. Scientific text

   • A scientific text it is a coherent set of statements related to science or scientific language
   • The goal is for this information to be interpreted correctly by a hearing
   • Must communicate some true information.

5. Structure

   • Logical structures
     • The scientific literature is easier to understand the more it resembles a narrative text, focusing on the objectives and human agents.

6. Armando Pérez Arias 517 28/01/21

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