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1、WritingforanAmericanAcademicAudienceIfyouetoanAmericanuniversityfromanothercountry,youicessaysinanAmericanfashion.Thishandouttouchesonsomeofthebasicqualitiesofanacademicessayericanacademicessaysareusuallythesis-driven.Thismeansthatyouastheustexplainthemainpointofyouress
2、ayatthestart.Athesisstatementisasentenceortaybedifferentfromnon-Americans,inplied,delayed,ordeliveredattheendoftheessay.Considerthethesisstatementaconciseversionoftheentireessay,pleofathesisforaninformativeessay:Theexperimentfailedbecauseofthepresenceofheliuminthevat;th
3、eheliumtaintedthepurityoftheenvironmentandcausedthedatatobeirrevocablyskeostimportantideas.**Here’sanexampleofathesisforanargumentessay:PurdueUniversityshouldoffermorescholarshipstointernationalstudentsbecausetheyhaveagreaterdesiretosucceedincollege,tendtoorequicklyande
4、ricanstudents.Thistypeofthesisusuallystatestheprimarygoaloftheargumentandthenindicatesthereasonsorpointsyouakeintheessaytosupporttheargument.Subsequently,everyassertionthatyoumakeafterustberelatedtothethesisstatement.Therestoftheessaymustclarifyorsupportyourthesis.UseLi
5、nearStructureOncethethesisstatementisestablished,therestoftheessaymustfloostrudimentarystructureforanacademicessay,the5-partessay,isasfolloade)Part2.Point1.Part3.Point2.Part4.Point3.Part5.ConclusionAdditionally,argumentessaystendtoincludeasectionofinformativebackgroundd
6、ataonthetopic,plusasectioncitingandrefutingpossibleobjectionstotheargument.UseTransitionsConnectthedifferentsectionsofyourpaperple,ontheotherhand,andinconclusion)thatshople:Theremainingericanuniversitiesarenotimpressedbyaplicatedalple,youiterrorsingrammarandthusmorelike
7、lytoholdtheinterestofyourreader.icustgivethemcredit;failuretodosoiscalledplagiarism,ountstotheft!Theethingthatisimmediatelyacquired,likeaneethingtobefixed.Don’tbediscouragedbydifficulty—noone,notevennativeusersofalanguage,everbeesperfectinalanguage.Setreasonablegoalstha
8、tyoucanachieveoveralongperiodoftime.Thetutorsintheeeachicakeappointmentstotalkwithtutorsaboutyourpapers.
