Academic Writing Cloud

A tag cloud (or text cloud) offers a visual sense of the key terms in a piece of writing at a
glance. Each cloud visually represents the number of times a writer uses certain words in a
particular piece of text. The words are listed alphabetically and weighted to allow easy
identification of the use frequency for each key word. The larger the font size, the more
frequent the key word.

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Academic Writing

In academia, writing and publishing are conducted in a number of different genres and styles.

Typically, the academic writer will construct arguments, ideas, and points of view which are
based on closely-investigated knowledge, established evidence, and accepted facts. In doing
so, he or she should adopt an objective stance and avoid personal beliefs, opinions, and
emotional language. Strong papers are accurate and precise, not overly general, and correctly
use formal academic rhetoric such as technical and specialist words.

At this level, writing is serious and intended for a critical and informed audience. Although
writing of this nature usually circulates within the academic world, the academic writer may
also find a wider, more general audience via journalism, popular science writing, etc.

Furthermore, if the author’s reason for writing is to present research findings, the paper
should be organized with adequate detail so that other researchers can attempt to reproduce
the results.

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