1. Academic Writing
Nur Atikah
14th February 2015

2. Fundamental of Writing

3. What is Academic Writing?
To convey information
To explain an idea
Make conclusion based on evidence
Different from personal writing
Collect data objectively
Academic Writing

4. Types of Academic Writing
Argument
Compare/
Contrast
Definition/ Classification
Illustration
Process/ How-to
Research Paper

5. Features of Academic Writing
Convey facts systematically
Only write based on facts
Avoid:
- Emotional writing
- Prejudice

6. Writing Process
Pre-writing
Writing
Re-writing

7. Choose a Topic
General Topic
Specific Topic
Very specific topic

8. General Topic
Environment Pollution
Specific Topic
Ocean Pollution
Oil Spills
Very Specific Topic
Effects on Sea Life

9. Media social
Fast
food
Pollution
Vacation
Favourite person

10. Generating Idea
Listing
Clustering
Freewriting

11. Audience Group of People?? Individual?? Random/ An expert accidental
Experts
Mixed
Individual??
An expert
Specific person?
- Layman

12. Questions to ponder before I write
Who is my audience?
How many audiences do I have? List them.
What do I want the reader to think about?
What does my audience need? What do they want?
How do I organize my writing?
How to attract my audience’s interest?
What is the perception that I want to convey through my writing?

13. Chapter 1 Ends