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Introduction: Audience and Genre

The academic essay is a form of writing every student encounters at one point. Since all students have to take a writing course at some point, there is no way to avoid writing an academic essay. In college, the academic essay is assigned to you by your professor. They can be assigned in class, or to complete as homework. Either way, they both require skill, and preparation. Most poor academic essays are written because of lack of confidence preparation. That can be eased by learning about the different types of essays, and audiences.

The audience for an academic essay is usually your professor. Other students may also view our essay. The academic essay is written at a scholarly level. That means, scholars also use academic essays to communicate with other scholars. Whether the audience knows the material you are writing about, or not, it has to be well written. Academic essays require students to use skills such as reading, persuasion, analysis, and clarity.

The purpose of an academic essay is to motivate students to develop ideas in their writing with the direction of little more than their own thoughts. An academic essay can be seen as the opposite of a research paper.

Sources:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/01/

By: Yosbel De Moya