Difference between Academic Writing and other Forms of Writing

Academic Writing Personal Writing Business Writing Technical Writing Creative Writing
a. Purpose It explains the Its goal is to express Its goal is to create a It goal is to inform, Its purpose is to
writer’s message to one’s feelings change in the to instruct and to entertain and arouse
get an audience’s through narration reader. persuade. the reader’s emotion
response or to and description as well as impart a
explain and lesson
therefore reveals the
writer’s knowledge
of a subject
b. Language Formal usage of Flippant, Formal usage of Uses specialized Uses figurative
language, devoid of conversational, language, devoid of vocabulary or language and
slang, contractions informal slang, contractions jargon symbolism
and abbreviations and abbreviations
c. Tone Objective, It is subjective and Objective and Objective and Subjective and
impersonal and personal impersonal impersonal personal
analytical
d. Sample Essays Journal, diary Memorandum, User Manuals, help Poetry, short story,
Genre/outputs entries feasibility study, files, instruction and novel
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