My experience has permitted me to work in certain types of texts; from fanzine articles, through argumentative texts, to literary texts. My interpretation of an academic text goes through its structure, in the first place, and the audience. An academic text in my opinion is a kind of article or maybe a literary piece that is made for a certain purpose, I mean, academic text has an intention and a public that is intended to be read. The author of this kind of texts deals with a main topic that in most cases is explicit in the title or in the first lines, it doesn’t matter what discursive resources he or she uses, the most important is that the author develop the idea in order to be understandable and finally to be discussed from the reactions that the text lets. In most cases readers agree with author’s thoughts because is a text read to clear ideas or hear an opinion about something, but the text is richer when leads into a debate when readers are not totally agree with author‘s stance.
In conclusion, an academic text shows in perspective the author’s ideas, opinions or feelings in a way to be discussed; for those agree o against the ideas. Following a well-organized structure to develop the text clearly and understandable.
Well... I think your text is interesting but I have two suggestions. In first place the exerce was intended for u to say "why I write by Orwell" is an academic text. In this text I don't see any argument for or against that idea.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say "from fanzine articles, through argumentative texts", to literary texts" it can be understood that you're talking about your writing process , you started with fanzine articles and the result was literary texts, it's that your idea? or u meant all the kind of texts u've written, in that case, u should omit the prepositions "from, through and to".
I hope my comment can help u.... bye, see you in class.
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ReplyDeleteWell I think your text is very remarkable I mean this text gives us a good definition. You explain what an academic text is; in very understandable terms. But as Freddy says you just explained what academic text is, however you did not say why the text "why I write" is an academic text. You just give a definition.
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