Saturday, January 30, 2010

6 Features of Academic Writing

One of the units that I am taking in University is The Critique and Evalaution of Discourse. I don't exactly know what it means, basically it is to teach you to think and write critically and in a academical way. No I don't know what academical means too...

But I do know how to apply its principle, here is how it works, the 6 features of academic writing with true examples are (drum roll please...),

1. Context - Summarize arguments
"I am think I am handsome." (Short and sweet argument)

2. Thesis - Make a bold claim
" I AM handsome." (That's pretty bold isn't it)

3. Navigation - Guide readers to your claim
"I am handsome just look at me!" (See I have provided directional guide)

4. Evidence - Give support to your claim
"I am handsome because I have a girlfriend." (Very good evidence, I can't think of a better one)

5. Counter argument - It's called concessionary refutation, which means you bring in a oppose view to provide both sides of a story and then refute it... Something like that.
"My guy friend say I am ugly but wait... I have a girlfriend and he doesn't, he is the ugly one..." (This is a good shot)

6. Conclusion - Basically a summary
"I am handsome!"

Easy? You can do it too... Next up I want to talk about is common fallacies which mean logical mistakes in reasoning. I think the first one is circular reasoning... Hey wait... I think I will write this another time......

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