High-schoolers are mainly taught to write creatively. The only scientific writing they do are lab reports. They only know that they have to state facts in scientific writings. They don't know much else about including structure within those facts when writing. They usually just answer the questions the teachers have them answer for various parts of the report. There are 4 main types of writing which include expository, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive. The scientific writing falls under the expository category. Despite scientific being only factual unlike the other types of writing, all writings need to take into consideration the readers. Every reader thinks differently so the writer has to be as clear as possible as to what he or she is trying to get into the readers' heads. I never thought that scientific writing would have to consider the readers and how they think. I thought it was just stating facts and hypotheses. What was true was true. What was observed was observed. Structure and function still matters in scientific writings. It seems to matter more than in other types of writing. Creativity can be many different things. Scientific writings sort of can't be many different things. Each sentence, paragraph, and section has a function. Each of those things matter. They do their own jobs in order for the readers to understand what points are trying to be put across.
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