After reading the text “Why I write” By George Orwell, and considering my so far knowledge about different types of text structures such as: essay, argumentative, instructive, etc. Initially, I did not recognize this reading as an academic text. At that moment, that was a logical decision for me to think that because the rigid structure on academic text is almost always a constant. Besides, aspects like its subjectivity, informal style, and technical vocabulary, made me think it was an autobiography. However, when we read carefully and remember some of their requirements, it is impossible to deny that the text of George Orwell has an introduction, thesis, arguments, examples, and a conclusion. At the same time, we can identify in the text, a managerial audience, and a steady tone. So, this kind of reading, teach me that academic text don’t have just only one structure, there are different authors’ styles and ways to defend their opinions about subjects which they are already voices of authority. Then, through the text “Why I write”, the author describes how his own experiences help him to become a writer.
The debate in the classroom and the Barbara and Jo- Anne Andre statements’ in their text “Developing Authority in student writing through written peer critique in the disciplines”, help me to understand, that there is no one-style-fits-all discourse, because each discipline has its own set of conventions or requirements to communicate knowledge.
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