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The Art and Architecture of Academic WritingPatricia Prinz and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
[Not in series 231] 2021
► pp. 3–22
Chapter 1The 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
- Examining formal academic 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
- 1.Formal and informal language in writing
- C.Expanding language
- Word families
- Practice: Academic Vocabulary
- Word families