Academic Writing

Academic Writing
'''What is Academic Writing? '''

            Academic writing is writing you do for school that follow a certain set of rules. These rules include a particular organization, standard edited English, and supporting information. Academic writing is also used in newspapers, websites, and different types of journals. So it doesn’t just stay in the classroom.



Characteristics
  There aren’t any standard characteristics for every form of academic writing, but some of the most commonly used are:

·          Be aware of how genres and conventions vary across disciplines

·          Document sources using the appropriate citation style.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Express ideas clearly and directly.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:39.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Mark logical relationships between ideas.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:39.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Present your ideas as a response to others.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:39.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">State claims explicitly and provide appropriate support.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:39.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·          <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Use recognizable patterns of organization.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">       ·          <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-                family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Use standard edited English.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-              family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Formatting
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0pt;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">The format for academic writing is very important. It makes your writing clear, professional, and easy for the reader to read. Although the style of formatting is to the professor’s discretion. More common in many academic writings is to format your paper in MLA, or APA format. Also the standard is to have your text written in Times New Roman, size 12 font. Again that is up to the professor.

Writing Process
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">There is a certain process that most people have found effective while writing. First they brainstorm. Brainstorming is a process in which you attempt to get all of your ideas on paper. there are many forms of brainstorming, including: free-writing, mind mapping, and group brainstorming to name a few. After you brainstorm you write a first draft of your paper. This is where you get write a compete paper (intro, body, conclusion) and don’t really worry about the mistakes. This is so you can see how your final copy might look. Next you would review your paper. When you review its best if you get someone else to review it for you. That way you get another point of view on your topic, and how your paper is constructed. And finally after you've completed all of those steps, you'll write a final copy. This copy will be polished and ready to be published, or turned in to your professor for a grade.

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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Works Cited
Lunsford, Andrea. Everyone's and Author. 1st ed. New York, NY, 1942. Print.