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There are two ways of writing academic texts first is the three-part essay and the second is the IMRaD or Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. The three-part essay, by the name itself, has three main parts, the introduction, body and the conclusion. These three can also be called as the topic sentence, supporting details and concluding/ transitional sentences. The topic sentence introduces what the writer wants to discuss in his/her paper, this is where he/ she establishes what the paper is all about. The body is where the supporting details are found. It is considered the most important part of an essay because it analyzes the data where it is discussed thoroughly. Finally, the conclusion is where the writer summarizes all the things that was discussed related to the main idea.

The IMRaD format of writing is almost the same as the three-part essay but it is mostly used in research papers. It consist of four main parts. The Introduction, Methods, Results and the Discussion.

REFLECTION :

As I progress through my academic journey, I had to write different kinds of essays, do research in science, make articles and etc. The longer I keep doing these things makes me realize that I really need the knowledge on how to write academic texts because as the world we live in progresses, this type of writing is being more and more common nowadays. In short, I realize that we are writing for the future generation, we are practicing this so that we could write our findings and our thoughts to give to the next generation. This information is not only limited to school but we can also use it as well in the future when we have jobs especially if we choose a job from the science field where research is very prominent or other professions such as a teacher where they focus on academics itself. In writing academic texts, knowing the structure is really important since this serves as the base of everything that you want to write about. I’m really blessed that I got to learn from the best teachers in my school. Again, learning the structure of academic text is important since this we are writing for the future of society.