Writing Book 8 · Lesson 11

Basic Expectations of the Writing Assignments

The standard for an academic paper is written down, and it is the same for everyone.

What you read today

Advanced Academic Writing, pages 3–3 — the chapter Basic Expectations of the Writing Assignments.

This lesson's text is the book itself. Your teacher has the pages; read them with the class, then do the work on your sheet.

Remember
Read it as a writer: not only what happens, but what the author did to make it happen that way.
Ask yourself: “Which expectation is this piece currently failing?”

Remember

These are the expectations. They are not negotiable and not secret.

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