Academic writing style
Academic writing has its own particular style. In your writing you need to show how you can interpret a task, structure your writing, use academic sources and write with an academic 'voice'.
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Interpret the task
- Analysing questions (PDF 37.69kb)
- Commonly used directives (PDF 31.99kb) These are the task words (such as 'analyse' or 'discuss') in your assignment question.
Structure your writing
- Abstracts for a thesis or report (PDF 34.88kb)
- Introductions and conclusions (PDF 44.17kb)
- Approaching a longer piece of writing (PDF 35.85kb)
Using Sources
- Referencing Styles
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Paraphrasing (PDF 42.3kb)
- Reporting the ideas of others (PDF 37.3kb)
Use an academic 'voice'
- Using tentative language (Academic style) (PDF 29.04kb)
- Subjectivity Objectivity scale (Register) (PDF 30.45kb)
- Avoiding 'I' (PDF 37.41kb)