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What is “Academic” Writing?
L. Lennie Irvin
Alex Alves de PaulaGustavo GarciaLígia Domingos
Luciana RodriguesMônica Oliveira
Thiago José dos Reis
Academic Writing – April, 2012
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The Academic Writing Task
In order to accomplish the writing task in Academia successfully, you must know what you are doing!
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Seven myths about writing#1: The “Paint by Numbers” myth.
#2: Writers only start writing when they have everything figured out.
#3: Perfect first drafts.
#4: Some got it; I don’t—the genius fallacy.
#5: Good grammar is good writing.
#6: The Five Paragraph Essay.
#7: Never use “I”.
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The Academic Writing Situation
The biggest problem: freshman writers have a poor sense of the writing situation in general.
Consider the differences between speaking and writing.
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You should know you audience
Who is your audience? Professor? Classmates?
Don’t forget to use punctuation, and proper word choice to comunicate your tone!
What is the occasion or context ?
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Elements of the college writing “literacy task”
#1. Knowledge of Research Skills.
#2. The Ability to Read Complex Texts.
#3. The Understanding of Key Disciplinary Concepts.
#4. Strategies for Synthesizing, Analyzing, and Responding Critically to new Information.
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Academic Writing Is an Argument
1) The value of an organized presentation of your “case”.
2) The crucial element of strong evidence.
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Academic Writing is an analysis
Academic Writing Analysis
Claim/Thesis
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Three Common Types of College Writing Assignments
# 1. The Closed Writing
Assignment
• Presents two counter claims • Analysis• Determine the more valid
claim• Support the claim:
argumentation
In your opinion, do you believe Hamlet was truly mad?
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Three Common Types of College Writing Assignments
# 2. The Semi-Open
Writing Assignment
• Discuss the role of law in Antigone.
• Explain the relationship between character and fate in Hamlet.
• Compare and contrast the use of setting in two short stories.
• Show how the Fugitive Slave Act influenced the Abolitionist Movement.
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#3. The Open Writing Assignment
• Analyze the role of a character in Dante’s The Inferno.
• What does it mean to be an “American” in the 21st Century?
• Analyze the influence of slavery upon one cause of the Civil War.
• Compare and contrast two themes within Pride and Prejudice.
Three Common Types of College Writing Assignments
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Picking and Limiting a Writing Topic
• Choose what to write about from a solid understanding of your subject.
• Look for things that interest you, as you read and review your subject matter.
• Look for gaps, puzzling items, things that confuse you, or connctions you see.
• You’ll write best when you write from both your head and your heart.
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Three Characteristics of Academic Writing
1. Clear evidence in writing that the writers have been persistent, open-minded, and disciplined in study.
2. The dominance of reason over emotions or sensual perception.
3. An imagined reader who is coolly rational, reading for information, and intending to formulate a reasoned response.
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Characteristics of the Critical Essay
• 1. Makes a point and support it;
• 2. The point has to be debatable and open to interpretation;
• 3. Be organized and needs a support text;
• 4. Publish the sources you used in the essay;
• 5. MLA or APA document format;
• 6. Grammatical correctness.
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Conclusion
Understanding well the subject you are going to write about is essential.
Academic Writing requires a lot of critical thinking, hard work, and practice.
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