Academic style

Components of an academic style

This learning object explains some of the most important aspects of academic style and gives advice and examples.

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Reading for stylistic appropriateness

In this task you will distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate styles in academic writing.

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Impersonal style and passive verb constructions

You will examine how writers use the passive to produce an impersonal, objective style.

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Rewriting a text to achieve stylistic effects

You will re-write two short texts to make their style more appropriate.

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Rewriting a text in an appropriate style

You will read two paragraphs and re-write them in a style that is more appropriate for an academic essay.

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