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Academic writing: key features

The story so far The four introductory sentences from academic articles used less than 100 words between them but by…
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Personal or impersonal?

To me or not to me? One of the most frequently asked questions by students is ‘should I use ‘I’…
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What tutors want – 1

Just one look… Anyone who, like me, spends a lot of time reading student essays will tell you that they…
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What tutors want – 2

Departmental style sheets Many departments now produce style sheets or short guides telling students how to write essays. They can…
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Be prepared to be flexible

What Dr X wants Just as some tutors are happy for you to use ‘I’ in your essays and others…
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Essay Guide

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Being a writer

Meet the new you Being a new student can often seem like finding yourself in one of those science fiction…
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Thinking critically, thinking clearly

Thinking critically Writing things down in a learning log or just doing some writing every day will train you to…
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Speaking vs. Writing

Speaking vs writing 1: Alan buys milk Another way to think about what’s involved in writing clearly is to think…
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Why are you writing?

Why are you writing? 1: assessment & memory The short answer to this question is because you have to. You…
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Understanding what they want – again

They’re back – and this time they want an essay… In the ‘What tutors want’ section, we spent some time…
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Basic definitions

Pop quiz Journalist Robert Winder has this to say about essays: ‘In a way, an essay is just a grown-up…
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