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    review various types of information from different sources including online search tools, books and journals. The secondary purpose is to analyse the development of my writing and referencing skills. The article critiques my understanding of the importance of a CV, my ability to evaluate a book, a journal and how to further my academic skills such as referencing. ‘Critical thinking and reflection is thought of as a process of analysing and evaluating information’ (Naber and Wyatt, 2013).…

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    Scholarly Writing Style

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    Over 15 years ago, Robert Nash (2011) developed a new academic writing style called Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN). For the first time in academics the unacceptable use of the ‘subjective I [me]’was acceptable in scholarly writing. Before SPN only the ‘objective they [we]’ was appropriate for research because scholars believed that only experts could support an agreeable or disagreeable topic. Nash (2011) wanted SPN to become, “a respectable research genre in higher education,…

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    say/ I say": The moves in Academic writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to enhance and improve students academic writing skills. Specifically Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates offered help to enhance creativity and originality as well as help boost the skills needed fit academic writing. Although some students have said that the templates seem as though they limit the creativity and as a result their writing will suffer and will…

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    resources such as Wikipedia is becoming a more common practice for university students when researching their studies. Many academics find Wikipedia to be an unacceptable reference source and generally will avoid using it in academic writings. Regardless of how popular it has become, Wikipedia should not be used as a reference source due to scarceness of research compared to an academic journal. Containing no credibility of the contribution to where the information came from, or how it was…

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    “Having made his living as a writer (including winning a Pulitzer prize as a newspaper columnist, writing textbooks, and publishing a range of poetry and fiction), Murray disagreed. Writing, he thought, is always personal, whatever else it is." (page 65). Murray in this literary work takes the voice of an educator, and generates a grandfatherly narrative, even though this is an academic writing. The way he writes this academic work portrayed the meaning behind the paper, the way he writes the…

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    Genre Analysis Essay

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    analysis introduces a person to writing within a specific language used by the scholars. Genre analysis of a scholarly journal helps us to ponder the parts of writing that work together in unity and to understand that research is part of an ongoing conversation. There are many other approaches to showing a genre analysis of a scholarly journal, or any genre for that matter. Academic textbooks present the abstract at the beginning of academic article. The used of academic article language is…

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    author, Mike Bunn, claims you are reading to learn about writing. In “The Inspired Writer vs. the Real Writer”, Sarah Allen argues that a good writer does not have to be inspired, but can still go beyond ideas and words. Lastly, in “What is “Academic” Writing?” L. Lennie Irvin claims that writing involves steps that writers build up to better approach the task. I strongly believe each article connects to the other article in terms of reading, writing, and communication. I agree with Mike Bunn’s…

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    incorporated in all aspects of our education. Haven and Keller show different aspects of the debate of academic writing in this new era of technology. Keller points out there are positive and negative affects of technology in academic writing. Haven and Keller both understand the data is up for debate and there is more research that needs to be done. Keller talks about not pushing aside the new writing that has been forged by technology. We as a culture must continually adapt our education to…

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    Writing A Scholarly Essay

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    Scholarly writing is considered to be a much more advanced and intense style of writing. This style of writing is utilized to assist the writer in trying to convince the reader of his beliefs through his analysis and findings of a certain research versus using just his words. Scholarly writing involves several components. These components include research and analysis, a formalized writing style, and a bibliography or reference list. Scholarly writing is the foundation for most journal articles…

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    they will understand. Yet, in several instances the reader does not understand how rhetoric’s role comes into play and how the writer intended to use these rhetorical concepts. In the texts, Writing with Teachers: A Conversation with Peter Elbow by David Bartholomae, and, Being a Writer vs. Being and Academic: A Conflict in Goals by Peter Elbow, rhetorical concepts such as ethos for example, are analyzed by the intended audience to help gain a better understanding of their main goals and the…

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