Communication for Academic Purposes - PURCOMM

Academic Writing

a formal style of writing use din universities and scholarly publications; involves expression of own ideas as a response; to show a profound knowledge of a specific topic.

Focused and Planned

Thorough information of facts is added. Questions are answered in a prepared and centered manner and shows an awareness of the subject.

Structured

consistent, written in a logical order, and includes points and content linked to it. Connect the points to make snese of the writing.

Evidenced

academic writing must have proper research to display understanding of th esubject region, support viewpoints and claims with facts, and reference correctly.

Formal Tone and Style

simple, brief, and balanced and uses adequate vocabulary and tenses that creates a good and professional image of a writer toward its readers.

Descriptive

to give information or facts about the subject area; summary of a study or a report of an experiment's results.

Analytical

involves information similar to descriptive writing; re-arranged details and facts; detailed into types, groups, categories, parts, or relationships.

Persuasive

has similar features to analytical, added with own persperctice; essay and summary of a research of a study.

Critical

has similar features to persuasive writing, along with at least one another individual point of view.

Essays

a fairly short, self-contained argument, often using sources from a class in response to a question provided by an instructor; can be analysis papers, speeches, and reviews.

Theses and Dissertations

large final researchproject undertaken at the end of a degree, usually on a topic of the sutdent's choice.

Research Proposals

formal request of sponsporship or funding to support an academic research; outlines a potential topic and plan for a future disseration or research project.

Research Papers

more in-depth investigation based on independent research, often in response to a question chosen by the student; formulated around a thesis statement.

Literature Reviews

summarizes, describes, and evaluates a topic through analysis of other author's works; examines a topic through two or more works: can be books, scholarly articles, presentations, dissertations, or other published materials.

Lab Report

a write-up of the aims, methods, results, and conclusions of a lab experiment.

Annotated Bibliography

a list of source references with a short description or evaluation of each source.

Descriptive Annotations

gathering and summarizing information, focus on key arguments and methods of each source.

Evaluative Annotations

evaluating the sourcesl assess the validity and effectivenesses of these arguments and methods.

Reflective Annotations

larger research process; consider the relevance and usefulness of the sources to your own research.