Academic Writing Some purposes Writing Structures
Academic Writing Some Purposes & Writing Structures
Fundamental Purposes in Writing · To express o describe To explain To inform To persuade or convince
Fundamental Purposes in Writing • To express • To describe • To explain • To inform • To persuade (or convince)
HIERARCHY OF VALIDITY OF PURPOSE OSt Logica lly complex Persuading Informing Explaining Describing Simplest Expressing
HIERARCHY OF VALIDITY OF PURPOSE • Most Logically complex Persuading • Informing • Explaining • Describing • Simplest Expressing
E: Using different writing structures n academic writing Structure means the way a piece of writing is organised and also-more importantly- what work it is doing: its function in the writing Structure helps to link different ideas together in a piece of writing We normally use more than one structure in our writing assignment/scientific paper
Using different writing structures in academic writing • Structure means the way a piece of writing is organised and also-more importantlywhat work it is doing:its function in the writing • Structure helps to link different ideas together in a piece of writing • We normally use more than one structure in our writing assignment/ scientific paper
Some structures in academic Writin (1 Chronology writing. What happened? This structure follows time with a sense of events. one follows another · You relate or recount Often used in history or used to tell the plot of a novel or film
Some structures in Academic Writing • (1) Chronology Writing- What happened ? This structure follows time with a sense of events, one follows another • You relate or recount • Often used in history or used to tell the plot of a novel or film