L1 Acdemic Writing Style

Question 1

4 Factors in Writing

Answer 1

1. Topic
2. Role
3. Purpose
4. Audience

Question 2

it requires a sophisticated use of langguage

Answer 2

Academic Writing

Question 3

4 important features of langguage

Answer 3

Formality, Objectivity, Explicitness, and Caution

Question 4

reflects your dignified stance in your writing as a member of the community. Langguage used must depend on the audience.

Answer 4

Formality

Question 5

choosing expanded modal forms over contracted forms
cannot instead of can

Answer 5

Formality

Question 6

choosing one verb form over two-word verbs such as damage instead of mess up

Answer 6

Formality

Question 7

Choosing expanded terms instead of abbreviation

Answer 7

Formality

Question 8

avoiding colloquial/ trite/ idiomatic

Answer 8

Formality

Question 9

requires special knowledge and use of more complex langguage and objectivity. Writing must be impersonal

Answer 9

Objectivity

Question 10

avoiding the use of personal pronouns such as you, I and we

Answer 10

Objectivity

Question 11

Avoiding rhetorical questions as it marks “closeness” with the reader, and constantly seeks his/ her attention

Answer 11

objectivity

Question 12

Avoiding emotive langguage that shows biases and lessens objectivity

Answer 12

Objectivity

Question 13

Demands the use of signposts that allow readers to trace the relationships in the parts of a study.

Answer 13

Explicitness

Question 14

phrases used are;
however…
this is due to the …
this resulted in…
In addition…
For example…

Answer 14

Explicitness

Question 15

*Needed to avoid generalizations
*it may use hedging devices to demonstrate politeness and indirectness.
*Hedging devices are; it seems, perhaps, appears to be, it looks like, assume, possibly etc.

Answer 15

caution

Question 16

Aside from langguage, sentences need to be constructed in such a way that they show a level of complexity that reflects the sophistication of an academic writer.

Answer 16

Structure

Question 17

Combining ideas effectively, nominalization, and passivization are some ways to achieve it.

Answer 17

Structure

Question 18

The verbs are made central as they denote action. ( Verb becomes the noun helping the readers focus on the action and not the doer of the action)

Answer 18

Nominalization

Question 19

the results of actions are highlighted.

Answer 19

Passivization