academic writing. academic writing? this means that you go beyond “reading” into critical...
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Chapter 3:Academic Writing
Academic Writing?This means that you go beyond
“reading” into critical reading – you not only read for content – you read for connections.Thesis – something to proveNot summarize – ANALYZEAcknowledge sourcesAssume educational audience
Responding to Text…Form a Response: often sparked by an
intense disagreement / agreement.Understand the work before you
attempt to respond – takes some notes!
Structure your response – summary, analysis, inference, synthesis, evaluation.
SYNTHESIZING YOUR OWN AND OTHERS’ VIEWS:
Bringing your own perspective to what others have written.
Your perspective then can be your thesis.
Keep your thesis to the front of your thoughts – bringing in material as needed to support it.
See Page 56.
Writing from research…Writing from a single work is source
based – but it is not source dominant.You will often evaluate several sources
for use in a paper – this is dominant.RELIABILITY IS KEY!To evaluate reliability – critical reading
is key.Purpose? Audience?Primary source? Secondary? (page 57)Expert? Credentials?Bias? Support/Evidence?
Online Sources…Public search engines – good place to start!Stick with the scholarly journals!Remember, anyone can put anything on the
net – be sure in investigate – this is your job.Wikipedia is a nice “investigative” site – not a
reputable one to cite! .edu .gov .org - usually trustworthy.com - commercial – not so much!Look at the source pages / get ideas here!
Avoiding Plagiarism…This is when you steal another person’s
intellectual property – and it is a crime. Colleges and Universities will expel students for this!
See Page 60 and 61.
Common Knowledge – page 62.