Types of Academic Writing - Indiana State University

Types of Academic Writing

1. Which of these do you use? 2. Which are common to your academic department/discipline? 3. Do you define your assignment the same way as your colleagues; i.e., is one

teacher's research paper another teacher's essay? 4. Which could you try as a new approach to a writing/research assignment? 5. Is there a category of academic writing not listed below?

a) Information writing assignment b) `Extended' assignment c) Case study d) Review e) Technical report f) Lab report g) Book report h) Critical analysis/critique i) Bibliography j) Annotated bibliography k) Literature review l) Term paper m) Research paper

a. Short b. Argumentative n) Position/opinion paper o) Essay a. Definitional essay b. Expository p) Subject outline q) Statistical summary r) Senior thesis s) Grant writing t) E-mail u) Web writing v) Oral presentation of written report w) PowerPoint presentation [yes, this is academic `writing', too!] x) Historical research [primary & secondary sources] y) Midterm/final exam essay z) Resume & other `business' writing aa) Experiential Learning-related project/assignment bb) Service Learning-related project/assignment cc) Independent study/Lifelong learning-related activity

Reference/Instruction Department Indiana State University Library April 2007 mmiller24@indstate.edu

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