Writing an Academic Writing, Lecture notes of English

Download Writing an Academic Writing and more Lecture notes English in PDF only on Docsity! ACADEMIC WRITING ACADEMIC WRITING -a process that starts with posing a question, problematizing a concept, evaluating an opinion, and ends in answering the question or questions posed, clarifying the problem, and/or arguing for a stand CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AREAS AS YOU WRITE: Content- clarity of the purpose and the thesis statement, relevance of the supporting points to the thesis statement, knowledge on the subject matter Structure- coherence and logical sequence of the ideas Language and Structure- word choice, sentence construction Mechanics- grammar, punctuations, capitalization, formatting, documentation TYPES OF ACADEMIC WRITING Descriptive-an article or a report of the result of an experiment Analytical- article about theories that deal with social context