Academic writing

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This can be objective summaries of existing research, argumentative/opinion where counterpoints need to be identified and addressed in support of the author’s view, autoethnographic (author’s experience within their culture as it pertains to field of inquiry), or experimental/exploratory (like an experiment that collects data and analyzes it). Be sure to use the correct rhetorical pattern for the assignment.

Language sophistication and use of jargon

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Audience identification

Teachers get paid to read your stuff. For everyone else, you gotta know who is going to read what you write and what they need out of it. No one is going to read something that doesn't have something in it for them.

Fractal pattern (Rua Mae Williams)

  1. Premise - the core of what you want to say
  2. Context - historical background, prior work, examples
  3. Substantiate - Explain how the context reinforces the premise
  4. Acknowledge - Note complicating contexts, limitations, counterarguments, contested facts, controversies, or other sources of conflict and uncertainty
  5. Reaffirm - Justify and restate the premise
  6. Point the Way - explain what you are going to do or say next

You can apply this at the paragraph level, section level, paper level. That’s why it’s fractal.

General research paper outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Topic overview
  3. Problem identification
  4. Thesis
  5. Literature review
  6. Show familiarity with the existing conversation
  7. Identify areas of disagreement or gaps
  8. Identify communities that this controversy matters to
  9. Use the literature review to frame and enrich the problem
  10. Research methodology
  11. Sample selection
  12. Experiment details
  13. Data collection process
  14. Summary of data
  15. Data analysis
  16. Qualitative
  17. Quantitative
  18. Statistics, graphs
  19. Results
  20. What does the analysis mean (synthesize data into information)
  21. How does it relate to the identified problem (connect to introduction)
  22. How does it fit within the existing discussion (connect to lit review)
  23. Conclusion
  24. Tell ‘em what you’ve told ‘em, reconnect with thesis statement
  25. Identify possible implications to the field
  26. Identify limitations and possible counter arguments
  27. Describe areas for future research
  28. Conflict of interest statement
  29. Reference page

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