Analysis of Arguments in Academic Writing: A Critical Examination

This report provides an analysis of William W. Baber's article, "Crafting arguments in academic writing." The analysis critically examines the author's recommendations for constructing arguments in academic papers. The report identifies and discusses four key claims made by Baber: the elements of an argument (claims, evidence, and explanations), the importance of the introduction in presenting the main argument, the complexity of arguments in the literature review, and the steps to be followed when writing an academic paper. Each claim is supported by the evidence and examples provided in the article, including references to other academic sources. The report concludes that effective academic writing depends on a well-structured argument that includes clear claims and supporting evidence.

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Introduction
The article “Crafting arguments in academic writing”, by William W Baber focuses on
how to incorporate arguments in the academic writings and how they enhance the quality of the
paper (Baber, 2018). This analysis will critically examine the recommendations provided by the
author in writing arguments. The author claims that academic arguments include various
elements such as the evidences., the claims the explanations and also the backing.
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The first claim that the author proposes is that an argument contains various kinds of
elements. The key elements are the claims, the evidences and the explanations. For this claim ,
the author provides the evidence from an argument, that explains the key elements. The author
says that the quality of an argumentative paper largely is depended upon the structure upon
which it is built.
The second claim that the author proposes is that the most important argument of a paper
is usually found in the introduction. According to Cottrell (2017), he says that the introduction
introduces the readers to the main aspect of the paper and the argument provided in the
introduction should be simple and should be compact enough to express the purpose of the paper.
The author in this claim provides an evidence from an article of persuasive writing. He has taken
the example of the introduction of the paper as an evidence, which suggests the main argument
of the paper. The entire article depends on the central argument that persuasive writing

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empowers students. He says that the most important aspect of the central argument is it
simplicity and its compact nature. He has taken the reference form Hayes and Brand.
The third claim of the paper is that the arguments that are proposed in the literature
review are more complex and they contain a plethora of information. The arguments presented in
the introduction are quite different from that of the argument presented in the literature review
section of the paper (Bailey, 2017). The author supports this claim with the evidence of a
literature review from an article which had been written on negotiation process. The claim in the
article which states that “These however do not always indicate change..” is backed by suitable
explanation and evidences.
Another claim that the author proposes us that there are few steps that should be followed
while writing an academic paper. He backs up this claim by providing the evidence of
recommendations. He recommends the steps and asks the readers to determine the claim in the
first place and then support the claim with the evidence and proper data. Finally the paper must
contain the clarification of the argument.
Conclusion
Thus from the above analysis it can be concluded that the academic writing is not an easy
task. It can only be accomplished in the best manner if the writers follow a specific structure
which includes the most important elements such as the claim an the evidences, an argument
with the absence of these elements is considered to be extremely weak by the readers.

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Reference List:
Baber, W. W. (2018). Crafting arguments in academic writing.
Cottrell, S. (2017). Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection.
Macmillan International Higher Education.
Bailey, S. (2017). Academic writing: A handbook for international students. Routledge.