The Academic

Writing Style
Objectives:
 Determine the structure of a specific
academic text.
 Explain the specific ideas contained in
various academic texts.
 Use knowledge of text structure to glean
the information you need.
 A five-year
old girl

A man on a wheel chair

A deaf woman

A ninety-year-old
woman
1. What were your difficulties in
writing instructions for your
audience?
2. Do you think your recipient of
your instructions will safely get to
their destination?
What difficulties do you think they
will encounter and how can these
be addressed?
3. If you can improve your set of
directions, what revisions can you
make?
 WRITING is a form of
communication that is shaped by:

TOPIC
 TOPIC
 What is the text about?

 What details am I imparting to

the readers?
 WRITING is a form of
communication that is shaped by:

ROLE
 ROLE
 Who am I as a writer?
 Do I write as a sibling?
A student? A son/daughter?
A customer?
 WRITING is a form of
communication that is shaped by:

PURPOSE
 PURPOSE
 Why am I writing this in the first
place?
 WRITING is a form of
communication that is shaped by:

AUDIENCE
 AUDIENCE
 Who is reading this piece?
 What knowledge does he/she
need to understand in my
writing?
 THINK AND SHARE
Think of a personal message in your
messenger that was missent to you.
Reflect on the details that made you
realize that you were not the intended
recipient of the message. Share your
reflections in class.
 On one whole sheet of yellow paper,
write a reflection on the importance of
considering the purpose, audience, topic,
and your own role in writing a text. You
may include experiences to support your
answer.
1. It contain what the text all about.
2. This is the intended reader of the text.
3. The reason/intention why the author
write the text.
4. It the one who tell who is the writer on
the text.
5. It is detail that impart to the reader.
6. The one who will read the text.
7. It is the main objective why the writer
write a text.
8. Part of Communication Process which
play as the medium in the process by
transmitting message from one to
another.
9. Part of Communication Process which
play as the encoder on the process by
making massage and pass to another.
10. Part of Communication Process
which play as the interpreter on the
process by comprehend the
information from the maker of message.
 6. AUDIENCE
1. TOPIC 5. TOPIC

ANSWERS
7. PURPOSE
3. PURPOSE
4. ROLE
9. SENDER 8. CHANNEL

10. RECIEVER
2. AUDIENCE