aspects of professional and academic writing

Question 1

What are the aspects of professional and academic writing?

Answer 1

(FOECS) Formality, Objectivity, Explicitness, Caution, Structure

Question 2

The language you use requires precision to make it a legitimate piece of academic writing

Answer 2

Formality

Question 3

expanded modal forms over contracted forms

Answer 3

Formality

Question 4

one verb form over two-word verbs

Answer 4

formality

Question 5

expanded terms over abbreviations

Answer 5

formality

Question 6

avoid colloquial/ idiomatic expressions

Answer 6

formality

Question 7

academic writing requires special knowledge and use of more complex language and (blank)

Answer 7

objectivity

Question 8

must be impersonal

Answer 8

objectivity

Question 9

emphasis on info and arguments rather than you

Answer 9

objectivity

Question 10

avoid I, me, myself

Answer 10

objectivity

Question 11

avoid you

Answer 11

objectivity

Question 12

use signposts (however, this is due to the)

Answer 12

explicitness

Question 13

avoid sweeping generalizations

Answer 13

caution

Question 14

shows likelihood (can/ could, may/ might, will/ would)

Answer 14

modal verbs

Question 15

expressing a relation of place, time, cicumstance, manner, cause, degree

Answer 15

adverb

Question 16

show a level of commplexity and reflects the sophistication of an academic writer

Answer 16

structure

Question 17

avoid redundancy

Answer 17

structure

Question 18

revise

Answer 18

stucture

Question 19

nominalization

Answer 19

structure

Question 20

verbs into nouns focus on action and not the doer of the action

Answer 20

nominalization

Question 21

passivization

Answer 21

structure

Question 22

results of actions are highlighted

Answer 22

passivization