It may be easy for someone to be regarded that academic writing is torture work as it seems as if a huge mountain blocked the way. The reason why they feel so hard toward essay writing is, as I mentioned before, tertiary level writing has a specific process to be written and it is considered quite complex work. In this essay, I will describe some important factors of academic essay and how to write proper tertiary level essay writing. Here is the definition of academic writing.
Academic writing, like all forms of communication, is an act of identity: it not only conveys disciplinary ‘content’ but also carries a representation of the writer. The notion of identity has only surfaced in writing research relatively recently, but it is increasingly seen as less a phenomenon of private experience than a desire for affiliation and recognition (Norton, 1997, pp. 409–429)
To begin with, academic writing needs plenty time to prepare and organize what the student is going to write at the first process. It may be little different according to what the subject is, but the basic rule of essay writing is not changed. It is to some extent believed that the perfection of writing is proportioned to time and effort taken for essay. The student should be aware of what the subject is and what he needs such as information and resources about the subject to complete the
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