Difference between Academic and non- academic or personal writing

Academic writing differs from non-academic writing in terms of readers/audience, content, style, formality, organization, grammar and vocabulary.

1. Audience: academic writing- academicians such as teachers analyst, students, etc but non-acadmic-family, friends anybody out of formal boundaries.
2. Content: academic writing- serious thought based on observation, analysis and findings, but non academic- conversational and common.
3. Style: AW-complex structure in a variety of constructions, but non academic- simple and compound structures.
4. Formality: Academic -formal, use of complex sentences, full forms, citations, referencing, etc. but non academic - informal, use of contractions, colloquial words, etc.
5. Organization: Academic- well planned, interconnected and have standard format, but non academic writing- not necessarily well organized and has standard format.
6. Grammar: grammatically, the differences are visible between academic and non-academic writing. The former has the use of full forms, connectors (such as however, on the other hand, etc), use of passive voice, but the latter the use of short forms, use of connectors (such as only, anyway, etc), use of active voice.
7. Vocabulary: Academic writing- specific academic vocabulary such as forge (policy), attempt, solid in place of make, certain respectively, but non-academic writing-common vocabulary neutral or very common vocabulary such as try, make, etc in place of attempt forge.

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