academic writer: introduction

What is good academic writing? Why not browse through our short example essays?

The following are some priority items that we would like to emphasize because they are often overlooked by second language writers.
So, good academic writing:

• is impersonal: It is not full of your own opinions - or at least if it is, then you disguise the fact! See , 'we', the impersonal 'it' and 'one'
  
  
• is tentative rather than assertive in tone. Make cautious and careful statements rather than absolutely confident assertions.
  
  
• has an organizational framework which is clear and easy to navigate
  
  
• is written in reasoned and cohesive paragraphs. Paragraphs usually signal new content and they have some kind of unity.
  
  
• has an argument because the writer has a point of view and an awareness of what other people have written on the same topic
  
  
• contains evidence to support opinions