Sometimes we take for granted how academic discourse actually works (and sometimes we're in such deep denial/fear that we never really learn). I want to help dispel or demystify the process. The best way to do this is to carefully and patiently examine an academic essay, to reveal its working parts and thereby better understand its operations. Almost any essay published in a scholarly journal would work for this exercise, but I think this one by Lucy Hartley works particularly well.
Here's a good way to remember the most basic structure: IPSO.
Issue (clear description of subject)
Position (arguable not obvious about issue)
Support (evidence & examples)
Outcome (why does this matter)
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