Academic Writing
Academic Writing and Research Articles Academic writing is seen in all great works of literature. Many genres form and regulate off of academic writing. One genre that stands out over others is journal articles. Journal articles are an innovative and informative type of academic writing, because both share the same characteristics.
[1] The main purpose of academic writing is to present information that displays a clear understanding of a subject (Rosemary Jones). The introduction should gain the audience’s attention and clearly state the moral of the paper. The body is the heart and soul of the paper, and it must support the moral of the story. The conclusion is supposed to summarize the entire paper and paraphrase the thesis again, then illustrate the solution to the topic. The characteristics that best accomplish the general purpose of academic writing are: deductive reasoning, argument and persuasion, exposition, description, and for it to be written in APA format.
In deductive reasoning, the conclusion is presented chronologically. To do this easily the solution needs to be narrowed down to where only the conclusion is left as if it were the only possible answer. An example of deductive reasoning- Every day, I leave for work in my car at eight o’clock. Every day, the drive to work takes 45 minutes and I arrive to work on time. Therefore if I leave for work at eight o’clock today, I will be on time (Ashley Crossman). In the first sentence the premise is that the person leaves for work at eight, then it takes 45 minutes to arrive on time. Then the conclusion, which is the narrowed down solution, the person should leave at eight to arrive on time for work.
Argument and persuasion are two characteristics of academic writing. Both have relevant values of the topic so it is clear to the audience what the paper is debating or influencing. Also this is where the facts are presented to
[1] The main purpose of academic writing is to present information that displays a clear understanding of a subject (Rosemary Jones). The introduction should gain the audience’s attention and clearly state the moral of the paper. The body is the heart and soul of the paper, and it must support the moral of the story. The conclusion is supposed to summarize the entire paper and paraphrase the thesis again, then illustrate the solution to the topic. The characteristics that best accomplish the general purpose of academic writing are: deductive reasoning, argument and persuasion, exposition, description, and for it to be written in APA format.
In deductive reasoning, the conclusion is presented chronologically. To do this easily the solution needs to be narrowed down to where only the conclusion is left as if it were the only possible answer. An example of deductive reasoning- Every day, I leave for work in my car at eight o’clock. Every day, the drive to work takes 45 minutes and I arrive to work on time. Therefore if I leave for work at eight o’clock today, I will be on time (Ashley Crossman). In the first sentence the premise is that the person leaves for work at eight, then it takes 45 minutes to arrive on time. Then the conclusion, which is the narrowed down solution, the person should leave at eight to arrive on time for work.
Argument and persuasion are two characteristics of academic writing. Both have relevant values of the topic so it is clear to the audience what the paper is debating or influencing. Also this is where the facts are presented to
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