by Leroy Hurt | Jun 30, 2021 | Academic writing
Don’t make your academic writing emotive and grandiose.More about it:What the principle really means is to “avoid appeals to emotion and inflated claims.”In other words, you want to “clearly communicate ideas, information and arguments, not to...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 28, 2021 | Academic writing
In academic writing, don’t get long-winded. More about it:It’s tempting to get wordy so you can meet a word count requirement. If you use my 3-part approach to writing, you will never have that problem.A variation is finding longer words via a thesaurus....
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 26, 2021 | Academic writing
Make sure your academic writing doesn’t get personal.More about it:That’s because “the text should focus on the research itself” rather than the author’s reflections.Unlike less formal writing like this blog article, don’t use...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 24, 2021 | Academic writing
Make sure your academic writing is correct and consistent.Make sure you follow the style manual required by your instructor or professor.
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 22, 2021 | Academic writing
Academic writing is supposed to be well-sourced.More about it:You would draw from “other texts (or media objects like photographs or films) that the author analyzes or uses as evidence” to support your arguments.It’s expected you would cite materials...
