Academic blogs allow for writers to contribute to a topic that has varied opinions. Although blogs are a format that encourage linguistic freedom, academic blogs stick to the conventional traits of scholarly writing by using expansive vocabulary, structured paragraphs, and logical progression of ideas. Another major convention of the academic blog is its reliance on anecdotes, data, and evidence to back a claim. The following blog post is shows the aforementioned characteristics in practice:
The writer argues that Teachers never have time off from their work. Most may disagree and argue that some teachers aren’t as sincere.
The author uses structured paragraphs to organize her thoughts and pairs academic language with colloquial terms unless she is giving dialogue a personal story.
Uses personal experience as evidence for her claim. (5th paragraph)
Rhetorical Situation:
Audience – American Workers
Author – Dr. Monique Datta joined Rossier as an Assistant (Teaching) Professor of Clinical Education (offsite in Hawaii) in the teacher education concentration. Her areas of expertise include educational leadership, secondary education, and secondary content literacy. Her long-term research agenda centers on teacher preparation in secondary, urban contexts, and the Common Core State Standards and its implications for classroom planning, instruction, and assessment.
Message – Although teachers have 6 weeks of vacation it really amounts to zero days because teachers are always planning for the classroom.
