Introduction to Academic Writing Third Edition

“Introduction to Academic Writing ” Academic writing is the kind of writing used in high school and college classes. Academic writing is different from creative writing, which is the kind of writing you do when you write stories It is also different from personal writing, which is the kind of writing you do when you write letters or e-mails to your friends and farnily. Creative writing and personal writing are informal, so you may use slang, abbreviations, and incomplete sentences However, academic writing is formal, so you should not use slang or contractions. Also, you should take care to write complete sentences and to organize them in a certain way. Academic writing in English is probably different from academic writing in your native language. The words and grammar and also the way of organizing ideas are probably different from what you are used to. In fact, the English way of writing may seem clumsy, repetitive, and even impolite to you. Just remember that it is neither better nor worse than other ways: it is just different. This book will help you learn and practice the format, sentence structure, and organization appropriate for academic writing. We will begin by studying the paragraph.