ENG 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Academic Writing
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Eng 110 chapter 1: starting with inquiry. Academic writing a process of defining issues, formulating questions, and developing arguments; how scholars communicate with other scholars in their disciplines (fields of study) In an academic essay, you have to make an argument (text crafted to persuade an audience to change their minds and behaviors about something) by: Explaining your personal investment in the situation. Appealing to the opposition by understanding what they think, believe, and value. Anticipating and addressing readers" reasons for disagreeing with you while encouraging them to adopt your position. Inquiring: seeking and valuing complexity, understanding that academic writing is a conversation, understanding that writing is a process. Academic writers learn to study a body of information so closely and from so many different perspectives that they can ask in-depth/comprehensive questions, or make inquiries. An academic writer makes an inquiry by: observing a phenomena or behavior, asking questions in an attempt to understand an observation, examining alternatives.
