Difference between Academic and non-academic writing

 

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Writing skills are an important part of communication. Good writing skills allow you to communicate your message with clarity and ease to a far larger audience than through face to face or telephone conversations. Research writing helps in elaborating the knowledge by bringing new ideas to work on. The strength of the research is to increase understanding of the different issues related to the topics. Well, the organized way of putting the work on a topic arranged by keeping it to the study work.

What is Academic Writing?

It can be defined in innumerable definitions but simply one can say…

Academic writing is clear, concise, focussed, structured and backed up by evidence. Its purpose is to aid the reader’s understanding.

It has a formal tone and style, but it is not complex and does not require the use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary.

Each subject discipline will have certain writing conventions, vocabulary and types of discourse that you will become familiar with over the course of your degree. However, there are some general characteristics of academic writing that are relevant across all disciplines.

Thus, academic writing contains something unique and clear cut formal style which distinguishes it from academic writing.

 

No.	Academic Writing	Non-academic Writing
(1)	Academic writing refers to a piece of writing which focuses on  specific academic subject/topic	Non Academic writing refers to a piece of writing which focuses on a general topic.
(2)	Academic writings are based on academic findings and academic research etc.	Non Academic writings are based on any general conversation or topic.
(3)	Its readers include academicians.	Its readers include family and friends.
(4)	Its purpose is to inform the readers with solid evidence.	Its purpose is to inform, entertain or persuade the readers.
(5)	It may include some complex sentences.	Simple and short sentences are always preferable.
(6)	It contains citations and references.	It often does not contain citations and references.
(7)	Academic writing is structured in a manner.	Non Academic writing is not structured in a manner.
(8)	From a grammar point of view academic writing is error free	From a grammar point of view it may contain errors but is mostly avoided.
(9)	In academic writing technical and academic language are used accurately.	In non academic writing use short forms, idioms and day-to-day usage of language.

 

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