Answer:

The tone used in academic writing is usually formal, meaning that it should not sound conversational or casual. You should particularly avoid colloquial, idiomatic, slang, or journalistic expressions in favour of precise vocabulary.

The exercise of jotting down a few sentences or a short paragraph capturing the main ideas of the reading is enormously beneficial: it not only helps you understand and absorb what you read but gives you ready study and review materials for exams and other writing assignments.

Explanation:

•formal

•objective

•impersonal.

Academic writing is objective

In general, academic writing is objective. This means it is unbiased, based on facts and evidence and is not influenced by personal feelings.

Writing conventions vary, even between units in the same faculty.

Some styles of assessment tasks, such as reflective writing, require the use of personal pronouns.

Avoiding personal pronouns

If you need to avoid using the first or second person, in your writing, here are some ways of doing it:

Using passive voice:

‘We administered the questionnaire...’ (active voice)

‘The questionnaire was administered...’ (passive voice)

Using third person:

‘I discovered that…’ becomes ‘Research reveals that…’

‘We can see that….’ becomes ‘It is evident that…’

Making things rather than people the subject of sentences:

‘I show...’ becomes ‘The report shows...’

‘I interpret the results as...’ becomes ‘The results indicate...’