Mangala Fonseka and Athula Manawaduge. A Guide to Academic Writing and Research Reports, Nugegogda 2019

Writing".Part one contains chapters one to seven.The first chapter begins with a question: What is academic writing?To respond to that question, the authors of this book first defined the term academia.They define the term "academic" as "objective investigation of phenomena."It is concerned with the development, comprehension, and processing of learning and the construction of knowledge and education.The STF model is a crucial model that is covered in chapter one.STF refers to a paramilitary force in Sri Lanka known as the Special Task Force.In this book, STF stands for 'Start, Text, and Finish in academic writing.'An enticing start (S), a well-organized text/body (T) that is full of information, and a fine-tuned end builds a well-developed essay (F).The drafting of paragraphs is the subject of the second chapter.The paragraph is the fundamental unit of academic writing.The STF model should also be followed in the paragraph.The subject sentence is the first sentence, and it should be an attention-getting remark.The supporting sentence in the text.Finish is the last sentence of the paragraph, and it summarizes it.Chapter three is titled "Writing an Academic Essay."The academic essay serves as a model for all types of academic writing.According to the writers, the STF model is also the cornerstone of an academic essay.The writing style is discussed in chapter four..The "tone" of academic work and its "flavour" is determined by the writing style.Readers can recognize the "tone" or "flavour" of Enid Blyton's or Sri Lankan novelist Martin Wickramasinghe's work the instant we read an anonymous paragraph written by them.This book emphasized the significance of eliminating jargon and improving the fluidity and clarity of speech.The use of language is the subject of chapter five.The significance of prepositions and conjunctions is discussed in detail.It is necessary to employ full stops and commas as punctuation marks and exclamation marks, semi-colons, inverted commas, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, and colons to become a skilled writer.Then it shone a light on an academic piece of work that was clear, fluid, and energetic.The sixth chapter is titled "Further features of academic writing".Short articles, theoretical papers, empirical papers, and case narrations/case studies are all covered in this chapter.This chapter also

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