Academic Writing, Intro

Question 1

are informal terms for a wide variety of apprehensive and pessimistic feelings about writing.

Answer 1

Writing anxiety and writer’s block

Question 2

Are Writing anxiety and writer’s block situational ?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

is “structured research” written by scholars for other scholars.

Answer 3

Academic writing

Question 4

refers to a particular style of expression that researchers use to define the intellectual boundaries of their disciplines and their areas of expertise.

Answer 4

Academic writing

Question 5

follows a particular “tone” and adheres to traditional conventions of punctuation, grammar, and spelling.

Answer 5

Academic writing

Question 6

Difference: Academic Writing v. Creative Writing

Answer 6

Academic Writing
-rigid, procedural, purposed purely to convey knowledge, data and information.
-orderly, organized and follows a formula.
-formal.
Anyone can master it. (Everyone should master it. )

Creative Writing

• is inspired, artistic and entertains with word pictures, concepts and deep meaning.
• enjoyable to read
• an art form

Question 7

Defined Research: “Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought of.”

Answer 7

Albert Szent-Gyorgy

Question 8

Defined Research: “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”

Answer 8

Nora Neale Hurston

Question 9

True or False: Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.

Answer 9

True, by Anonymous