Academic Writing

Critical thinking is described by The Critical Thinking Company as the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision making and that a critical thinker, according to Daniel Kurland, is a person who uses broad in-depth analysis of evidence to make decisions and communicate his/her beliefs clearly and accurately.

You have been given your assignment from your tutor and you are staring at a couple of pages worth of notes trying to make sense of what the tutor is asking you to do. You try looking for search terms and keywords that will help you to decide what type of paper you are expected to write, as well as indications on the subject matter, but it all just seems a bit confusing as paper requirements seem to be mixed up with tutor notes on what he/she expects from you in your research paper. You have already learned that you do need to understand what format the completed assignment should take to get a good grade, but now you are being asked to work this out in a real life situation.

Studying in college requires writing numerous papers. As a college student, one of the first things you are likely to learn is that writing for college is different from writing for high school. Surely you won’t have to give up all writing skills you acquired in school; as before, you will have to write clearly and correctly, have interesting thesis, construct focused paragraphs, write coherent conclusions, etc.

Still, many students enter college and keep using old high school writing strategies that are no longer relevant for college writing. For example, such techniques as five-paragraph scheme, are not flexible enough to provide universal and appropriate structure for college writing. Also, many of the old tricks, such as repeating yourself to meet ten-page requirement or using elevated tone for expression will let you down in your research paper.

So how is it possible to make swift and successful transition from high school to college in regards of writing?

You might know your study subjects inside out, but if you do not write your assignment papers in exactly the right format your tutor is looking for you are going to be disappointed in your paper grade. The single most effective way to improve your GPA is to turn in assignments that meet the paper requirements in every single way! This article is going to show you the differences between paper types followed by a template of a sample paper in each category that you can use to complete your own papers on any subject.

How to make your writing a college writing? The answer is: summarizing, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing. Sounds weird? Read on...

Informed argument is one of the most important features of academic writing. When you start writing your academic paper, first thing you naturally think of is what your subject will be and what you know on the subject. You should be aware that different writing assignments require different level of your knowledge on the topic. For instance, in high school you probably wrote brief papers in response to viewing some movies, say Guy Ritchie’s Revolver. This kind of paper does not require from you to master important cinema-related terms, analyze other author’s works, or to confirm you thoughts with critic’s arguments. However, if you are to write academic paper on the firm, you should learn more on your topic. You have to know certain cinematographic terms to explain Ritchie’s techniques. Also, you would find useful getting familiar with other Ritchie’s films to understand his approach and his favorite themes. Furthermore, if you write this review in upper-level film class, you should be aware of different critical views on Guy Ritchie, his films, and on films in general, so that you can insert you argument using cinema-related vocabulary. So, when you prepare to write academic paper, ask yourself following questions:

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