Academic Writing Checklist by

Academic Writing Checklist

nina_peck — 2018-11-07 13:23:15 UTC

Topic sentence
No personal pronouns
No contractions
semi-formal language
Check references are consistent
No phrasal verbs
Answer the question always
Hedging (using caution)
(introduction - I have a thesis statement)
Nominalisation
passive to remove personal aspect
no personal opinion

Writing introductions:

nina_peck — 2018-11-28 13:35:24 UTC

General introduction/overview
Issue/ gap in the research
thesis statement

Conclusion

nina_peck — 2018-11-28 14:11:40 UTC

no new information
summarise your ideas
(implications)
(limitations)

Balanced Opinion Essay Structure

2018-11-28 14:15:07 UTC

Introduction (Definition)

General statement

Background to the topic (introduce argument and counter-argument)

Thesis statement

Main Body Example

Argument + Counter-argument

All arguments

All counter-arguments

Conclusion
No new information

Summarise findings

Implications/recommendations for the future.