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This glossary defines key terms and concepts.
Please note that words set in small capital letters are
themselves defined in the glossary.
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informal writing Writing not intended to be evaluated,
sometimes not even to be read by others.
Informal writing is produced primarily to explore
ideas or to communicate casually with friends and
acquaintances. See also formal writing.
interpretation The act of making sense of something
or explaining what one thinks it means. Interpretation
is the goal of writing a literary analysis
or textual analysis.
interview In general, you will want to use interviews to find information
you can't find elsewhere. Some kinds of writing—a
profile of a living person, for instance—almost require that you conduct an interview.
And sometimes you just need to find information that you haven't been
able to find in published sources. You can conduct interviews face-to-face, over the telephone, or by mail
or email.
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