Table of contents
- General writing
- Writing in Art and Design
- Writing in Arts
- Writing in Business and Economics
- Writing in Education
- Writing in Engineering
- Writing in Information Technology
- Writing in Law
- Writing in Medicine
- Writing in Pharmacy
- Writing in Science
Features of academic writing
As a tertiary student you need to be very clear about which audience you are writing for. While you may sometimes be expected to write for external audiences such as a business client or a member of the public, most often you will be writing essays and reports for your tutors and lecturers. To write in a formal academic style, you need to develop skills in using some typical features of academic writing.
As you read the articles recommended for your particular subject look for examples of:
- tentative statements
- academic wording
and try to use them in your academic writing.
In your reading you should note:
- whether the style is personal or impersonal
- how figures, tables and graphs are used and presented
- how other research is cited and referred to
- which tenses are used.
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