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. These articles often contain an abstract which can be characterized as a descriptive summary of the article contents. The abstract comes before the main text of the article. Scholarly articles often contain many graphs and charts but very few pictures.
…show more content…
Scholarly writing and academic papers should have an informed argument to present to the reader. To do this, one must separate what is known about a topic and what one’s views are about that same topic. If a paper fails to inform, or argue, then it fails to meet expectations of a scholarly reader. To create an informed argument, one must first recognize that one’s writing should be analytical while the personal aspects should involve a seamless transition with the analytical thought. Personal aspects should blend in and not override analytical, but lend to …show more content…
An appropriate and beneficial question to ask would be, what is known about my topic by other readers and students? A student must be able to have solid and precise answers to several questions that range from can they answer the questions who, when, what, where, how, and why to what do they know about the topic that might help their reader understand it in a different way? One might discover that while they are considering these questions, they are being transported beyond what is known about a topic and beginning to consider what one thinks. In this process, one’s goal is to conjure up a fresh observation because it is not enough to just summarize information about subjects that are already known and talked about into a paper. One must add something of their own to the conversation, but they need to keep in mind that “adding something of their own” is not an invitation to bring their own personal associations, reactions, or experiences to the paper in order to change the context. The writer must take special care to be objective about the subject and not add bias to their
Scholarly writing and academic papers should have an informed argument to present to the reader. To do this, one must separate what is known about a topic and what one’s views are about that same topic. If a paper fails to inform, or argue, then it fails to meet expectations of a scholarly reader. To create an informed argument, one must first recognize that one’s writing should be analytical while the personal aspects should involve a seamless transition with the analytical thought. Personal aspects should blend in and not override analytical, but lend to …show more content…
An appropriate and beneficial question to ask would be, what is known about my topic by other readers and students? A student must be able to have solid and precise answers to several questions that range from can they answer the questions who, when, what, where, how, and why to what do they know about the topic that might help their reader understand it in a different way? One might discover that while they are considering these questions, they are being transported beyond what is known about a topic and beginning to consider what one thinks. In this process, one’s goal is to conjure up a fresh observation because it is not enough to just summarize information about subjects that are already known and talked about into a paper. One must add something of their own to the conversation, but they need to keep in mind that “adding something of their own” is not an invitation to bring their own personal associations, reactions, or experiences to the paper in order to change the context. The writer must take special care to be objective about the subject and not add bias to their