Sunday, February 28, 2016

Academic Discourse & Genre

Michels, John. "Science Vol. 1 (1880)". 2/28/16 via Wikipedia. Public Domain. 

Genre Represented

Only standard scientific articles are published in this journal. These are identified as having abstract, methods, results, and discussion sections and often include graphs and charts to assist with data presentation. 

Definition

A scientific article is one that represents the results of a study conducted by breaking down the steps taken by the scientists and presenting the data in ways that "common folk" can understand. The conventions of scientific articles include shying away from "fluff words" and employing subheadings and separate sections to display separate parts of the study. 

Rhetoric

The purpose of scientific articles is to convey all of the information of a study in a way that nearly everyone can understand. The intended audience of the genre depends on the topic being discussed. For example, a study related to menstrual cycles may be aimed more at women, while men may be drawn more to an article related to the effects of Mountain Dew on testosterone levels. 

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