Features of Academic Writing and Their Importance

This report discusses the importance of different features of academic writing, including structure, evidence, critical thinking, balance, precision, objectivity, and formality. It highlights how these features can enhance the effectiveness of academic writing and help writers convey their ideas and information efficiently to readers.

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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Learning study skills efficiently allow students or learners to succeed in life with the help of
enhancing confidence, self-esteem and competence. In higher education there are number of
skills that allow students to manage their time while developing learning strategies and
understanding different type of skills (Hyland, 2018). Academic writing is a structured, clear,
focus and concise writing in which it is essential for an academic writer to understand the
importance of different type of features. It helps them to construct a structured and efficient
writing which helps readers to understand efficiently. Present report discusses seven different
features of academic writing along with their importance.
MAIN BODY
In academic writing there are different type of features which plays important role for an
academic writer, as it helps them to strengthen their work and provide a logical and
comprehensive writing to reader. Mentioned below there are some certain features of academic
writing which is being discussed in context with article:
From the article it has been identified that structure is one of the most important features in
academic writing as it allows individual or academic writer to undertake their ideas clear and
further guide readers comprehension. It helps in strengthening writer argument in a well define
and effective manner. With having a well-structured text, academic writer can have a logical
flow which helps reader to understand the writing (Gebril and Plakans, 2014). Well-structured
paragraph in academic writing provides a framework which helps in organising academic writer
ideas in a logical and systematic order. For example, in a report introduction with report aims
and objective, clear body paragraph and a conclusion helps academic writer to maintain a logical
progression which helps reader to have a clear summary of the overall project (Asaad and
Shabdin, 2019). In academic writing it is essential for a writer to support arguments and opinions
with the help of evidence as with the help of properly referencing the information with use of
reference section and in-text citation academic writer can provide readers an ability to evaluate
the basis of a certain action. In this it has been identified that evidence plays an important role as
a feature of academic writing as it supports writing and help writer to compel readers to accept
claims. It has been evaluated that evidence plays important role in academic writing as it helps in
providing credibility and allow writer to provide writing authority (Mallia, 2017). With the help
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of taking advantage of this feature in academic writing writer can enhance the quality and can
enhance viability and present information while establishing and authoritative and confident
tone. If it is talked about thing critical in academic writing it allow writer to analyse and
effectively evaluate the information and data which they are taking in use. With the help of this
feature in academic writing academic writer can undertake decision about the manner in which
they can integrate the information into their own writing (Alamri, 2020). Critical thinking mainly
need writer to conduct in-depth research as to develop efficient understanding of the topic. In
addition, it has been evaluated that critical thinking is mainly defined as an ability to understand
and create recent arguments. For a writer to develop unique idea for writing can sometimes
become challenging, in this critical thinking is one of the most important features of academic
writing which helps writer to recognise the ideological cultural and cognitive frames to have a
better understanding and interpret the information in effective manner. For an academic writer it
is essential to understand the value of this feature of academic writing which helps developing
strong conclusion. It has been identified that critical thinking in academic writing is mainly
associated to the research in the manner academic writer deliberately evaluate and analyse and
identify ideas that they are needed to put in their writing. In academic writing it is essential for
an academic writer to research by questioning everything, scrutinize their method of gathering
data and information and stay true to the evidence (Barrera Moncada, 2020). They are also
required to breakdown their arguments. With the help of taking advantage of this feature of
academic writing academic writer can present a clear judgement inefficient way. Furthermore,
balanced is also an essential feature of academic writing. It basically states that academic writer
is required to give consideration to all the sides of the issue and duly avoid biasness. In academic
writing it is essential that it must be balanced. It is important for an academic writer to have clear
as well as contain both side of an issue (Hyland, 2016). It is essential to conduct in depth and
constructive investigation to present argument with the help of efficient examination. Balanced
argument in academic writing plays important tool as it provides evidence for the both sides.
With the help of effective balanced academic writing academic writer can convey ideas that they
consider multiple points of sources as well as views and information while relying on logic and
credible fact. Balanced academic writing enhances effectiveness of topic and helps in
emphasizing ideas with a clear consideration to all the sides of issues. Precise is another
important feature in academic writing. In this it is essential for an academic writer to use precise
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as well as clear language in order to make sure that a reader can efficiently understand the
meaning. It is mainly inclusive of technical terms which is required to be convert in a simple
non-technical term. In addition to this it has the underlined that precision allow readers to clearly
follow argument and methodology. With the help of having precise academic writing, academic
writer can efficiently represent something complex in simple terms. As an academic writer it is
essential to evaluate different figures information and data and further present them in a precise
manner in order to make sure that they are true and clearly understandable to the leaders. With
the help of this feature in academic writing understandability of writing can be efficiently
enhance in a well define and effective manner (Paez, 2017). In an academic writing objective is
another essential feature in which it is important that emphasize is mainly placed on information
and argument rather than on the writer. In this it is important for academic writer to use more
passage structure objective in academic writing. It is mainly states that it is required for an
academic writer to concerned about the facts rather than being influenced by personal feelings.
In this objective in academic writing helps writer to be free from any biasness and present their
work. In addition to this it has been identified that objective also play important role in academic
writing as it helps in making work more credible and professional (Hyland, 2014). This feature is
playing important role as it provide accurate explanation of the manner in which things work
which is also free from any bias.
At last, in terms with the formal which is among one of the best features of academic
writing it has been identified that in every day writing being formal in academic writing enhance
efficiency of work, as it mainly aims towards using longer words as well as more complex
structure by avoiding informal words, contractions or expression which is commonly spoken. For
academic writer it is important to have a formal tone as it helps in establishing the respect for the
audience. This feature plays essential an important role in academic writing as it allow academic
writer to be serious about the topic (Băniceru and Tucan, 2018). Furthermore, it has been
identified that formality in academic writing also helps in avoiding and evading interpretation as
well as ambiguity in the resulting work. Formal is mainly related with using proper punctuation,
spelling, full words while avoiding colloquial words for expression. Thus, from the above-
mentioned analysis it has been identified that there are different types of features of academic
writing with their significant importance that help academic writer to convey their ideas,
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information and data efficiently to readers (Touati, 2017). With the help of taking advantage of
all these features in academic writing effectiveness of writing can be duly enhanced.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report it has been concluded that, for an academic writer it is essential to
provide a structured, evidenced, critical, balanced, precise, objective and formal writing which
duly enhance effectiveness of their argument and information that they have used. With the help
of these features efficiency of academic writing can be enhanced in an effective manner which
helps in connecting with leaders in an efficient way.
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