Class Techniques of Written Expression

The Curricular Unit of Written Expression Techniques is essential for developing writing techniques of diverse types of texts - academic texts, multi-use texts, administrative texts, press texts and literary texts, in the Portuguese language. This Curricular Unit, through the dynamics of writing and communication, contributes to the development of self-assurance and creativity, as a personal brand, and for the formation of specialized profiles and enhancers of professional success.

1 - From the word to the text

- Processes of word formation

- Principles constituting the text: coherence, cohesion, connection

- Sentence and paragraph

2 - What is writing?

- Specificity of the written mode and stages of the redaction process: planning, drafting, revising

3 - Types of texts

- Structure of academic texts: the report, the summary, the synthesis, the dissertation; the comment;

- Structure of journalistic texts: news, editorial, chronic, opinion piece, story, interview

- Structure of text utilities: minutes, reports, application, curriculum vitae

- Characteristics of the iconic text

4 - Text and Discourse

- Gender discourse

- Sequences text: narrative, descriptive, argumentative.

The UC will involve carrying out study visits and subsequently writing a text

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• Hamp-Lyons, L., & Heasley, B. (2006). Study Writing: A Course in Writing Skills for Academic Purposes (1.^a). Cambridge U. Press.

• Moreira, V., & Pimenta, H. (2021). Gramática de Português - 3.^o Ciclo do Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário. Porto Editora.

• Pratica e Aprende - Gramática prática de Português. (2022). Porto Editora.