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Mastering Academic Paper Writing: A Comprehensive Guide

Learn the essential steps of writing an academic paper, from research to structuring arguments and developing a strong thesis. Understand the importance of tone, style, and ethical considerations in academic writing.

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Mastering Academic Paper Writing: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. WRITING AN ACADEMIC PAPER Presented by: Michael Frizell, Director The Writing Center

  2. What?! • The procedure is actually quite simple. First, you must separate the items into piles accordingly. Then, set temperatures according to the facilities at hand. Use as directed.

  3. Try Again • To do it, you should position your front foot with your toe slid back toward the heel-edge. Your rear foot should be positioned with your toe on the opposite corner, namely the toe-edge of the tail. At a moderate to slow speed, pop an ollie, but as you kick your front foot for the "flip," swing your back foot underneath and behind you 360-shove-it-style. This will rotate it around as it spins. The whole thing should take about the same amount of time a kickflip does, so you won't have to hang too long. When the nose comes back around and the griptape side shows upward, stick your feet back on and land it. • Source: Ryan’s Skateboard Tricks @ http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/4379/#180kickflip

  4. Q: What is an Academic Paper?A: WRITING FOR COLLEGE: • Academic Writing is Required • It’s Different from Writing in High School • You Can’t Rely on Old Strategies • (A 5-paragraph essay can SOMETIMES be effective)

  5. Academic Writing… • is writing done by scholars for other scholars. • is devoted to topics and questions that are of interest to the academic community. • should present the reader with an informed argument.

  6. Constructing an Informed Argument • What do I know about my topic? • Can I answer the questions who, what, when, where, why, how? • What do I know about the context of my topic? • What historical or cultural influences do I know about that might be important to my topic? • Does my topic belong to any particular genre or category of topics? • What do I know about this genre?

  7. What’s Important About this Topic? • If you were to summarize what you know about the topic, what points would you focus on? • What points seem less important? • Why do you think so? • PREWRITE!

  8. How Does this Topic Relate to Other Things I Know? • What do you know about the topic that might help your readers to understand it in new ways? • What DON'T you know about your topic? • What do you need to know? • How can you find out more?

  9. Decide What You Think is IMPORTANT! • Summarize…in your own words. • Evaluate…make a judgement call. • Analyze…how does it all fit together? • Synthesize…look for connections. THEN…

  10. Consider Your Position • Take a stand on a topic. • Why did you find some elements of the text more important than others? • Does this prioritizing reflect some bias or preconception on your part? • If you dismissed part of a text as boring or unimportant, why did you do so? • Do you have personal issues or experiences that lead you to be impatient with certain claims? • Is there any part of your response to the text that might cause your reader to discount your paper as biased or un-critical?

  11. CONSIDERING STRUCTURE: • Introductions • Thesis Sentence • The Other Side(s) • Supporting Paragraphs • Conclusions

  12. A Good Thesis Sentence… • will make a claim. • will control the entire argument. • will provide a structure for your argument.

  13. Using Appropriate Tone and Style • Keep the personal in check. • Rely on evidence over feeling. • Watch your personal pronouns. • Watch your gendered pronouns. • Avoid mechanical errors.

  14. Michael Frizell,Director michaelfrizell@missouristate.edu

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