Lecture 2 PURPOSES IN ACADEMIC WRITING 1. The fundamental purposes in university writing are (1)to express (2)to describe )to ex plain (4)to inform (5) to persuade (or convince These purpose form a hierarchy of increasing complexity, from the simplest to the most complex. This chart reflects this Most Logically Persuading Complex Informing Explaining Describing Simplest Expressing In the chart, each purpose logically supports the one above it Essays and papers in which persuasion is the primary purpose may or will use all the purposes in argumentation to convince a reader or prove a point e. g. Studying in england is better than stud ying in us1 Lecture 2 PURPOSES IN ACADEMIC WRITING 1. The fundamental purposes in university writing are: (1)to express (2)to describe (3)to explain (4)to inform (5) to persuade (or convince ) These purpose form a hierarchy of increasing complexity, from the simplest to the most complex . This chart reflects this: Most Logically Persuading Complex Informing Explaining Describing Simplest Expressing In the chart, each purpose logically supports the one above it. Essays and papers in which persuasion is the primary purpose may or will use all the purposes in argumentation to convince a reader or prove a point. e.g. Studying in England is better than studying in US