REVIEW: CHARACTERISTICS OF ACADEMIC WRITING

PLANNING – help you organize your thoughts and priorities the way
you present information.
OUTLINE – construct ideas in a sequential manner and
thoughtful flow.
TONE – refers to the mood implied by the author
LANGUAGE – must be clear and precise
POINT OF VIEW – give your essay focus and clarity
REVIEW: ACADEMIC WRITING STRUCTURE
DETERMING THE AUTHOR’S
PURPOSE , TONE AND
POINT OF VIEW
AUTHORS PURPOSE

Why author create a write up or a piece. It is

the soul of the piece. The topic usually define
the purpose
MAIN PURPOSES OF
AUTHOR’S HAVE IN
WRITING
1. TO INFORM

To give information about a subject. Wish to

provide facts or teach something to readers
EXAMPLES

Newspaper articles
almanac entries
reference books
 2. TO ENTERTAIN

To amuse and delight; to appeal to the reader’s

sense of imagination. Captivate or interest the
audience.
EXAMPLES

Poems
Novels
Short Stories
Plays
Musical
Comics
 3. TO PERSUADE

To convince the reader to agree with author’s

point of view on subject. May give facts, but the
main goal is to argue or prove a point to reader.
EXAMPLES

TV Commercials
News Paper Editorial
Thoughts Piece/Personal Opinion
Political Speech
Musical
Comics
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
CHART
 STORY/POEM ARTICLE/PASSAGE
 To give facts
 To tell  To inform
 To make it clear
 To entertain (with a scary story,  To teach
 To explain
humorous story…)  To demonstrate
 To give an account of
 To teach (a moral or fable) (biographies) To develop ( a
setting, an idea a character)
 To show  To persuade/convince
 To show ( difference/similarities,
effects…)
 To prove
THE AUTHOR’S TONE
 Tone is the author's ATTITUDE
toward the topic. 

  Tone of a written piece can

be friendly, authoritative, formal,
casual, warm, rude, positive,
sarcastic, or cheerful, to name a few.

 ACADEMIC TONE usually define it as

writing that does not use “I” “Me” “Myself”
or “You.”
THE AUTHOR’S POINT
OF VIEW
 in academic writing authors Point of View (POV)
refers to his or her position on an issue or, in
other words, the author's opinion or belief
regarding an issue.
When authors favor one side of an issue, they are said to
have a bias in favor of that side of the issue. Authors may
be unbiased (neutral or objective).