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Assignment:

Part 1 - Traits of Academic Writing

In her article in Teaching English in the Two Year College, Teresa Thonney outlines six standard features of academic writing:

1. Writers respond to what others have said about their topic.
2. Writers state the value of their work and announce the plan for their papers.
3. Writers acknowledge that others might disagree with the position they've taken.
4. Writers adopt a voice of authority.
5. Writers use academic and discipline specific vocabulary.
6. Writers emphasize evidence, often in tables, graphs, and images. (348)

To complete this week's discussion, go to this site: APUS Digital Commons@APUS Site. There you have two choices for this assignment; you can look at student papers or faculty papers. The direct links to those two choices are shown here:

Student papers (Master's Capstone Theses)

Faculty papers (Collections, Faculty Publications Collection)

As you read the paper, pay close attention to the six features of academic writing noted above. Which standards are present the paper? What standards (if any) are missing? How does the presence or absence of these standards affect the quality of the paper?