ACADEMIC WRITING                                                                                                                  2 
 
Question 1 
Gretchen Kernbach (2016) says that graduate-level papers need to observe several skills 
such as quotation use, the purpose, conclusions, and transitions. Also, writing in the first person-
tense should be avoided as much as possible. Kernbach (2016) also says that graduate-level 
papers need to be direct by avoiding expressions such as could be, perhaps or maybe. 
Furthermore, graduate-level students need to read scholarly business articles and essays of other 
students to work on their ability of proofreading and impressively highlighting phrases. Besides, 
graduate-level papers need to have extensive research and higher level topics. Graduate level 
students need to make sure that their papers have pathos, ethos, and pathos. On the other hand, 
undergraduate papers target a teacher or general audience.  
In my opinion, master’s level of academic writing requires a student or writer to be 
conversant with writing thesis papers that are intended to analyze a particular field of study. The 
final result of Master’s thesis leads to the reception of PhD. For that reason, doctorate academic 
writing requires a student or writer to be highly experienced in writing thesis papers. For good 
measure, masters-level requires a student to write more than one hundred pages, and the student 
is expected to employ the analysis of others to give their search of their findings. Therefore, in 
writing master’s level papers, writers are needed to remember that their critical and analytical 
thinking level should portray the subject which they are more engrossed in pursing in their 
course.  
There are several ways that I prepare myself for the higher level of academic writing in 
professional, social, personal and academic aspects. For instance, I have to carry out extensive 
research to get information that is reputable and relevant to the topic under study. Also, before I