Extended Investigation (VCE): Academic writing defined and links to Melbourne Uni guides

Academic writing is a formal style of writing.

• It uses grammatically correct sentences and punctuation.

• It appears neutral and avoids emotional language.

• It avoids conversational words: you know, things like, stuff and abbreviations: can’t, won’t, doesn’t, shouldn’t.

• It uses verbs that avoid expressions of absolute certainty such as: give the impression of, tend to, appear to be, consider, think, doubt, indicate, recommend, show.  

• Your view is the basis of your argument BUT you need to back up your position with evidence from academic sources.

• It demonstrates analysis and evaluation of arguments from recent academic evidence.

• It presents your ideas and evidences in a logical and progressive manner.

• It contains a bibliography.

Academic style: Writing and speaking academically (University of Melbourne)
 
Connecting ideas in writing: How to connect ideas at the sentence and paragraph level in academic writing. (University of Melbourne) 

Developing clarity and focus in academic writing (University of Melbourne)
Editing your writing (University of Melbourne)
Improving cohesion (University of Melbourne)
Writing introductions and conclusions (University of Melbourne)
Writing successful essays (University of Melbourne)