WRIT1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Academic Writing, Topic Sentence, Jargon
Lecture 3 – 9/08/17 – What’s differet aout aadei writig?
Stylistic
features
Non-academic writing
Academic writing
Topical content
Drawn from everyday experience,
current issues
Local iterest, people’s everyday
coosese
Drawn from a narrow, specialised field
Discipline-based, systematic knowledge
regime
Audience
General
Specific
Reader’s prior
knowledge of
topic
Not necessary beyond everyday
affairs
Should have the contextual framework
Writer’s role
Storyteller, entertainer
Expert, teacher
Stance
1st and/or 2nd person
3rd person possible
Usually 3rd person
Sometime 1st person
Avoid 2nd person
Writer-reader
relationship
Personal, close
Impersonal, distant
Tone
Conversational
Formal
Humour
Common
Rare, or very dry
Dramatic
elements
Used for suspense and emphasis
Rarely used
Language
Informal, accessible
Colloquialisms
Cliques
Contractions
Abbreviations
Very little jargon
Formal, often technical
→no
→no
→no
→no (in parentheses is okay)
Technical jargon often necessary
Sentence
structure
Fragments common
Creative licence taken
Fully-developed and formal
Follow conventions
Structure and
paragraphs
Narrative/thematic
Roundabout intro
Shorter paragraphs, often 1
sentence
Flexible approach possible
Hierarchical, logical
Straight to the point, logical
progression
Fully-developed paragraphs
Topic sentence & elaboration
Title
Motivating, sensational, enigmatic,
evocative
Functional
Documentation
Not necessary
Consistent format and bibliography
needed
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