What are the purposes of scholarly writing? How do the characteristics (APA formatting, scholarly voice, critical thinking and writing) help achieve the purpose?

Academic and scholarly writing bear striking resemblances to each other. However, subtle differences exist between the two. Where academic writing may be defined broadly as any writing completed to fulfill university or college requirements, scholarly writing is produced to inform a specialized audience of other scholars in a particular field. Scholarly writing is crafted by one professional for other professionals (Definition of...