ENGL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jargon
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Characteristics: research based and driven, written for professional/educated audience, makes clear points in formalized, even technical style, uses accepted conventions of format, grammar, etc. Formality: failure to follow form is a fast track to having your work rejected or dismissed, focus on subject at hand, not you, be straightforward. Don"t use pretty language: can be boring, conventions do change. Developing an academic argument: choose a topic you are prepared to explore in depth. You may want to do preliminary research to get a sense of what"s out there to find on the topic before committing to a topic. If you haven"t done preliminary research already, this is where you get down to it. Trying to find out what conversation and scholarly discourse already exists, determining whether there is any consensus, and assessing the minefields of any associated controversies: figure out what you know. Reach out to experts if you need to: formulate a claim about your topic.
