{"id":415,"date":"2017-06-30T12:48:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0006\/?p=415"},"modified":"2017-06-30T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:48:40","slug":"on-the-art-of-academic-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0006\/on-the-art-of-academic-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"On the art of academic writing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, the other night, hubby and I were in the living room partaking of our usual evening multi-tasking, both of us in our favorite locations with tablets in hand, watching CNN, periodically commenting on what we\u2019re watching or reading. I explained that I just finished a couple of hours of reading on how to write a paragraph, and found it totally fascinating. He put down his tablet and looked at me. I waited and waited\u2014watching him watching me\u2014and finally he said, \u201cI just don\u2019t know what to say. How could that possibly be interesting to anyone?\u201d \u201cHah!\u201d sez I. I badly wanted to share what I learned, but clearly I was addressing the wrong audience.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

…and that\u2019s why I have dogs.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is my reflection on the topic of academic writing. On the one hand\u2014as some classmates expressed\u2014understanding this information before attempting work in the previous course would have been helpful. On the other hand, I think the sequence of emphasis is better this way.<\/p>\n

When we wrote the papers in the last course, it was enough to bring the APA concepts into play, let alone produce them flawlessly. I found it challenging enough to come to grips with the concept of being a student, paying attention to conveying and supporting my ideas, and so on.<\/p>\n

Now that I’ve adjusted to the shock of being a student again, I’m ready to take some detailed writing concepts on board and build on what I natively produced in the previous course.<\/p>\n

The first resource I found especially helpful was the Writing an Academic Paragraph<\/a> presentation from the RRU Library.<\/p>\n

Slide 7 models building an argument in three segments:<\/p>\n