Academic writing is used for the benefit of a learner, teacher, scholar or writer with the purpose of claiming and justification approach for a research, which is connected with the education system (school level, college, and university level). The word academic is derived (in mid-16th century) from French word ‘académique’ or medieval Latin academicus, from academia, from Greek ‘Akadēmeia’, from ‘Akadēmos’ the hero after whom Plato’s garden was named.
It means every writing is not the part of academic writing because of claiming and justification approach for a research in the education system is necessary for academic writing. For instance, an official language in not the academic writing, i.e. applications, letters are included in that
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orthography, lexical items, morphological level, syntax level, i.e. grammar (phrases, clauses, sentences) semantic level and pragmatic level (discourse level). So it means we use formal and logical language to convey our message in front of the audience who is researcher about the research in academic writing. For instance, in academic writing, we are not allowed to use SMS language like you into u. We should not join two words like don’t, can’t, aren’t etc. in formal writing. We should avoid using colloquialism or slang terms like ‘sort of’ or ‘basically’. Instead, we should use ‘somewhat’ or ‘fundamentally’. We should not use clichés in academic writing because it is not appropriate phrases like ‘at the end of the day’ or ‘in the nick of time’. Instead we should write ‘finally’ or ‘at the critical moment’. We should not repeat the words because repetition of words is called tautology which is unnecessary for any research. Pleonasm is another term which means when we add a word, it adds no extra meaning to a sentence. In both cases the word is redundant and should be deleted. So here are some examples of redundant words which are not
According to Swain and Swain, this illustrates a clarity problem. Since it does not add any value to the meaning; it is best to use fewer and more meaningful words and phrases
Have you ever wondered whether a writer’s voice and the standard rules of academic writing can exist on the same page? According to Dr. Debra Pena, English Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and Mathew Teorey, English Professor at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and the author of "Using Freshman Composition to Analyze What Students Really Know about Grammar", a writer’s voice and the process of academic writing can exist on the same page (Personal Communications February 13, 2017, Teorey 2). However, my first essay in Freshman Composition II was a Classical Argument on “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): Is it the New Death Sentence for Future Athletes Playing Sports in America?”
Writing in the Social Sciences vs. the Humanities - A Comparative Rhetorical Analysis In writing, there are several disciplinary conventions that categorize a piece of writing. Writing is most often split into three disciplines; the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The conventions structure, language, and reference found in a piece of writing help further organize the writing into a discipline. At first glance, John Streamas’s “Narrative Politics in Historical Fictions for Children” and Lora E. Vess’s “Examining Race & Racism in the University: A Class Project” do not appear to be difficult to categorize; Streamas’s article is for the humanities, while Vess’s article is for the social sciences.
In They Say/ I say, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein informs the audience of the basic moves in academic writing through text, illustrations, and templates. Their main model in this book is they say/I say template, in which it helps writers to develop their arguments by paying attention to what others are saying, and engaging with a response. The authors goal is to demystify academic writing, and return it to its social and conversational roots. The authors want the writers to engage in the ideas of others. These concepts from this book, will help make a stronger, supportive argument.
2–17. Summary: Irvin addresses the common myths of writing in his article and states the proper solution for each myth. This article also addresses what academic writing is and how thinking critically allows us to understand what academic writing is. Irvin also makes a point of how most if not all essays and writing done in college is done so in an argumentative manner.
In the Little Gator Handbook with exercises, by Bullock, Brody, and Weinberg, sections L8-10 cover the proper use of certain words in writing. Section L8 covers articles which are words linked to nouns whose function are to identify nouns as nouns; it gives instruction on when to use "a," "an," "the," and also when articles are not needed. Section L9 looks at words for building common ground; such as, avoiding stereotypes and sexist terms, and what the preferred terms would be. Section L10 goes over the various types of Englishes; for instance, Standard Edited English which is the uniform standard for professionals and academics alike; Formal and Informal English and the occasional mixing of the two; English across professional fields, geographic
Casandra Castro Dr. DesRosiers Freshman Seminar Upper Article Reflection The Upper Article confused me very much at first. It took me a few minutes to figure out that the article having no words was the point of describing what happens with writer's block. I belive that this happens to almost everyone at one point in time when writing an essay. One may go to begin to write a paper and then all of a sudden, the mind tends to go blank.
Not only does the text itself have levels in meaning and context, but can be related to may forms and people of
Writing process is difficult to realize since it requires a lot of skills and knowledge. Definitely, not many of us can start writhing right away without having any problems such as grammar, vocabulary or organization. However, a person can become a better writer if he or she will practice writing every day and will pay attention to his writing problems. To become a good writer, I have to improve my grammar, follow specific steps in writing process, and avoid using similar transitional words. Grammar is the number one problem in the writing process and causes me a lot of issues.
Every student has their own writing process. Writing process ways is the student's way to have the best writing assignments and make who ever read it understand their main idea. In this essay I am going to explain my own writing process for various type. In chapter 4 by Keith Hjortshoj “How Good Writing Gets Written” which talks about how should develops their writing skills and gives them some tips that they should use in their writing process.
They Say/I Say “Template” They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, presents the reader with a multitude of writing “templates” that are designed to help foster, not only one’s basic writing ability, but also their creativity. Authors Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein even go as far as to argue that writing in this format, and later conversing in this manner, can “get us thinking critically about our own beliefs.” Specifically the template “They Say/I Say” is the most important for a young writer to master, since they believe that strong, academic writing involves, not only the writer’s opinions, but also the stances of others. In their view, “the best academic writing has one underlying feature: it is deeply engaged in some way with other people’s views.”
In the article, " What Is 'Academic ' Writing," the author gives the meaning of the academic writing style. L. Lennie Irvin speaks that this writing style is argumentative and analytical and states the three characteristics. Academic writing characteristics includes: having clear evidence, the importance of reason over emotions or sensual perception, and having an imaged reader. The purpose of an argumentative essay is to hold a discussion to gain a better understanding of the topic. I have learned that I need to have an organized presentation and have strong evidence to write this specific writing.
It is a level where a reader is analyzing a text, he or she identifies the structure, type, authors vision
Academic writing has several misconceptions and myths that many people use till this day. Many people can admit that it is difficultt to break these habits/ misconceptions that we may have been learning since elementary school. The myth "Paint by Numbers" is a misconception that I truly struggle with. Ever since I was in middle school, I was always told to use a specific format and nothing else; hence the reason I sometimes struggle when I may have to write essays that are more lengthy, because I already made my point of the topic and gave my reasoning on why I support it, yet I still fall below the minimum requirement of words.
Research is in fact the scientific method of writing and the way to make a certain topic clear with the support of citation. I started this class with the goal to further develop abilities in the essentials of university-level academic writing.