Critical Thinking and Academic Research
Target word limit – 1200 words
Topic: Discuss the role of critical thinking in the development of each characteristic of the academic writing
Format to be followed:
- Introduction – 200 words
- Describe the purpose of each key characteristic of academic writing – 400 words
- Analyse the role of critical thinking in developing these characteristics -700 words
- Conclusion – 200 words
The characteristics of Academic Writing are as follows.
- Formal nature
- Objective perspective
- Critically engaged
- Responds to wider scholarship’s claims
- References
- Usually persuasive in nature
This essay will be 1200 words and will require a minimum of eight sources. You will need to provide footnotes throughout the body of the essay and include a bibliography at the end.