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Academic Writing

The document discusses various aspects of academic writing such as different text types (descriptive, narrative, argumentative, expository), genres (essays, reports, dissertations), and the rhetorical context that considers the subject, purpose, audience, and occasion of a piece of writing. It prompts the reader to reflect on what and why they write, their writing process, and both the joys and pains of writing. Characteristics of academic writing such as being objective and using formal language versus informal expressions are also addressed.

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Academic Writing

The document discusses various aspects of academic writing such as different text types (descriptive, narrative, argumentative, expository), genres (essays, reports, dissertations), and the rhetorical context that considers the subject, purpose, audience, and occasion of a piece of writing. It prompts the reader to reflect on what and why they write, their writing process, and both the joys and pains of writing. Characteristics of academic writing such as being objective and using formal language versus informal expressions are also addressed.

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Academic

writing
Let’s think about us as writers…

 What do you write?

 Why do you write?

 What is your writing process?

 What are the joys of writing?

 What are the pains of writing?


Some characteristics…
Are they right?
Objective
Personal impersonal
Informal formal
Colloquial expressions
Contractions full forms
Technical terms
Text types
 Based on perception in time. Its purpose is
 Descriptive to entertain, to gain and hold a readers'
interest, also to teach or inform.
 Based on perception in space. Its purpose
 Narrative is to create a vivid impression of a person,
place, object or event.
 It aims at explanation, i.e. the cognitive
 Argumentative analysis and subsequent syntheses of
complex facts.
 Based on the evaluation and subjective
 Expository judgement in answer to a problem. It
refers to the reasons given for or against a
matter.
Genres (and sub-genres)

“Categories of written texts that


have recognizable patterns, syntax,
techniques, and/or conventions.”

Thompson writing program. Duke University. Retrieved


from: https://twp.duke.edu/writing-
studio/resources/genres-of-writing
Genres  Academic e-mails
 Essays
 Book reviews
 Performance reviews patterns,
 Film reviews syntax,
 Reports
techniques,
conventions
 Dissertations & theses
 Oral presentations
 Summaries
Rhetorical context
 Subject What you write about
 Purpose What you intend with your writing

 Audience Who you address

 Occasion or situation What the context is

Who (says) What (to) Whom (in) What


Channel (with) What Effect
Harold Dwight Lasswell
Let’s think about us as writers…

 What do you write?

 Why do you write?

 What is your writing process?

 What are the joys of writing?

 What are the pains of writing?


 Watch it again at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Md-S5u-XBts

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