Academic Writing: A Rhetoric And Reader: Chapter Analysis

The text book “An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing: A Rhetoric and Reader” contains thirteen chapters divided into three parts which helps college students understand the fundamentals of writing in the disciplines. Published by Bedford St. Martin’s, the book’s authors consist of Susan Miller-Cochran, Roy Stamper, and Stacey Cochran. Chapter five named “Reading and Writing in Academic Disciplines” starts part two of the book. This chapter focuses on familiarizing the reader to the different styles of academic writing, adopting to the writing and analysis of the text. This essay will demonstrate the similarities and differences in chapter five’s concepts. Starting with the similarities of the writing styles in the arts and sciences, then followed by their deviation. The concepts portrayed are supported by a …show more content…
A story that has a complex structure and contains very verbose words is not well suited for the youth or an under educated audience. However, a complex piece could be an excellent fit for an affluent adult audience with extensive education. The same holds true for an author that writes in the field of science. The author must identify the audience and tailor the content accordingly. An article or a work meant for other peers in the science field would not be best suited for the general public. As it would be far too complex and would distract the audience.
Identifying an audience will help to formulate the topic and address an issue. In both the arts and science, an author must inform the audience about the main idea of the text. In order to do this a chosen topic should best address the subject matter. The topic in both fields are generally placed near the beginning of the text to quickly situate the reader. The topic consists of a brief overview and will help to establish the relevance to the audience and the reason for a