Academic Writing Process

Study Notes

Academic writing is a process that involves posing a question or problem, evaluating an opinion, and ending with answering questions or clarifying problems.
Academic writing is for informing, arguing specific points, and persuading.
Academic writing is written for various audiences, and language choices depend on the audience.
When writing for experts, using jargon is acceptable. When writing for fellow students, use layman's terms.
Thorough research is necessary for academic writing to back up statements with strong, valid evidence.
Critical thinking skills include analyzing competing approaches, constructing arguments for and against alternatives, and choosing the best solution based on values and criteria.
Effective academic writing requires acknowledging counter-arguments and writing an argument justifying your choice.
To become a critical reader, annotate, outline, summarize, evaluate, and identify fallacies in texts.
Max Schulman's book "Love Is a Fallacy" discusses various character traits such as perspicacious, astute, faddist, dynamo, impressionable, acme, incredulously, coveted, shrewdly, exquisite, sauerkraut, gamy, pelt, mince, resolutely, desisted, smolder, modulated, Pygmalion, and Frankenstein.
Pygmalion is a character from the story who turned a common flower girl into a would-be aristocrat. Frankenstein is a fictional doctor who experimented with reanimating the dead and created a monster.