Chapter published in:
The Art and Architecture of Academic Writing
Patricia Prinz and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
[Not in series 231] 2021
► pp. 3–22

Chapter 1
The Art of Academic Writing

Article outline
  • A.The social context of writing
    • 1.Public and private writing
    • 2.Genres
      • a.Literary genres
      • b.Expository genres
        • Practice: Examining literary and expository genres
  • B.Writing for the academic discourse community
    • 1.Formal and informal language in writing
      • Examining formal academic language
        • Practice: Examining formal and Informal language
    • 2.Academic vocabulary
      • Practice: Substituting academic vocabulary for informal vocabulary
      • Practice: Examining texts in students’ disciplines
    • 3.The art of writing: Developing an academic voice
      • Practice: Examining voice in writing
    • 4.Avoiding plagiarism
      • Paraphrase
      • Summary
      • Direct quotations
        • Practice: Avoiding plagiarism: Using paraphrase
    • 5.Academic communication
      • Practice: Formal communication
      • Writing
  • C.Expanding language
    • Word families
      • Practice: Academic Vocabulary