Academic Writing - Academic Document Types

Academic Document Types

  • Book, in many types and varieties.
  • Book report.
  • Conference paper.
  • Dissertation; usually between 6,000 and 20,000 words in length.
  • Essay; usually short, between 1,500 and 6,000 words in length.
  • Explication; usually a short factual note explaining some obscure part of a particular work; e.g. its terminology, dialect, allusions or coded references.
  • Research Article.
  • Research Paper; longer essay involving library research, 3000 to 6000 words in length.
  • Technical report
  • Thesis; completed over a number of years, often in excess of 20,000 words in length.
  • Translation.

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