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What is
Academic
Writing?
APRIL 6
Have your lecture notes
worksheet ready, please
Academic writing is:
"The process of analysis - the process of
breaking down ideas - to increase one's
understanding of a subject and to
present information that displays a clear
understanding of that subject."
understanding
Increase
one's
What is
Academic
Writing?
5 Minute Freewrite -
Use these questions as a starting
point for your freewrite.
• What kind of writing have you
done before?
• What do you think "academic"
means?
• What do you think is the
opposite of academic writing?
• When do you think it is
appropriate to use academic
writing style?
Two Kinds of Writing
Creative Writing
 Emphasis on emotion
 Narrative arc
 Creative license
 Recreational reading
Academic Writing
 Emphasis on argument
 Linear
 No creative license
 Educational reading
Purpose
 Letter to your parents
 Book report
 Comedy
 Drama
Thesis
(Argument) BUILDING A HOUSE OF CARDS
 The big idea
 One sentence
 Debatable
 Reasonable
 Defendable
Characteristics
 Precise
 Complex
 Explicit
 Objective
 Impersonal
 Semi-formal
 Responsibility
2012 R & E Papers
These are all good
efforts, but they are
not perfect. Look at
them and try to
decide what the
students did right and
what you could have
done better.

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What Is Academic Writing?

  • 1. What is Academic Writing? APRIL 6 Have your lecture notes worksheet ready, please
  • 2. Academic writing is: "The process of analysis - the process of breaking down ideas - to increase one's understanding of a subject and to present information that displays a clear understanding of that subject." understanding Increase one's
  • 3. What is Academic Writing? 5 Minute Freewrite - Use these questions as a starting point for your freewrite. • What kind of writing have you done before? • What do you think "academic" means? • What do you think is the opposite of academic writing? • When do you think it is appropriate to use academic writing style?
  • 4. Two Kinds of Writing Creative Writing  Emphasis on emotion  Narrative arc  Creative license  Recreational reading Academic Writing  Emphasis on argument  Linear  No creative license  Educational reading
  • 5. Purpose  Letter to your parents  Book report  Comedy  Drama
  • 6. Thesis (Argument) BUILDING A HOUSE OF CARDS  The big idea  One sentence  Debatable  Reasonable  Defendable
  • 7. Characteristics  Precise  Complex  Explicit  Objective  Impersonal  Semi-formal  Responsibility
  • 8. 2012 R & E Papers These are all good efforts, but they are not perfect. Look at them and try to decide what the students did right and what you could have done better.

Notas del editor

  1. Emotion – Creative writing usually makes us happy, sad, amused or any other emotion.Arc – Exposition (expose), Rising action, Climax, Falling action, ResolutionCreative license – Does not need to be true or grammatically correct. Cummins, FaulknerRecreation – We read it for fun_Argument – Academic writing starts with an argument, something you want to proveLinear – Keeps its pace, no rising tension, everything clearly organizedNo license – Formal, follows industry standards, must be trueInformative – We read to learn
  2. What is the purpose of each? 1, tell about yourself 2, analyze a book 3, amuse 4, thrill 5, Information!
  3. AW is never vague or unspecific. It expresses complex ideas and complex combinations of ideas. Therefore the language needs to be explicit and objective. Avoiding personal anecdotes and references keeps the paper reliable and unbiased. Also it is written with semi-formal voice (Proper grammar, no colloquialisms or slang). Perhaps most important is responsibility – You are responsible for what you say. So write only what you can defend, or make sure to clarify you are conjecturing.