Scholarly or not?

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The article is written by academics for academics to read.

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Scholarly!

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Scholarly or Not? The article is published in a magazine that you can buy in a store.

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Not Scholarly!

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The article contains an "abstract."

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Scholarly!

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Scholarly or Not? The article took a long time (maybe years) to publish and was "peer-reviewed."

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Scholarly!

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The event the article covers happened within the last week. Scholarly or Not?

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Not scholarly!

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An article that appears in The Journal of American History.

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Scholarly!

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Scholarly or not? The language used is very formal and contains lots of vocabulary specific to the field it is written in. (ex. scientific terms)

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Scholarly!

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Is the article scholarly or not? The article is super short, maybe only a page or two.

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Not scholarly!

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At the end of the article, there is a (very long) Works Cited (aka bibliography)

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Scholarly!

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Scholarly or Not? The article is written for the general public.

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Not Scholarly!