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...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 20, 2021 | Academic writing
Sentences are the muscles of academic writing.More about it:Punctuation shows your readers you are an accomplished writer.Vary sentence length and structure to avoid monotony.
