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There are a number of conventions that you should use in academic writing.
These are important features of operational and cultural literacy, and
you will be expected to use them in your work.
Checklist
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In academic writing sentences and paragraphs must be clear, concise
and logical, and the language must be in an appropriate academic
style. Here is a checklist of features that will help you to achieve
this.
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- Write in complete sentences
don't use sentence fragments
don't use bullet points (unless you are told otherwise)
- Write from an objective viewpoint
use third person, rather than the first person (unless you are told
otherwise)
- Use formal, more complex vocabulary (but don't overdo it)
the lesson was stimulating rather than the lesson was fun
and exciting
Henderson asserts or Henderson argues rather than Henderson
says
- Avoid colloquialisms or exaggerations
such as great or incredible
- Avoid cliches
such as last but not least, at the end of the day
- Avoid contractions
such as it’s, there’s, don’t
use that is, not i.e.
use for example, not e.g.
unless the material is in brackets (e.g., like this)
- Avoid exclamation marks
- Avoid dashes
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