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The 8 rules of academic language - Coggle Diagram
The 8 rules of academic language
4.Sentences tend to be complex and not simple
2.Written in the past tense
8.Audience: Assumed to be someone who is knowledgeable in that subject area
6.Does not use colloquial or phrasal verbs - Formal words
find out=discover
points out-identifies/explains
added up=calculated
3.Can use both active and passive voice
1.Identify whether it is passive or active
2.Convert it to the other voice. If it is active, convert it to passive. If it is passive, convert it to passive.
5.Does not use contractions and abbreviations
isn't-is not
we're-we are
didn't-did not
don't-do not
there's-there is
I've-I have
let's-let us
what's-what is
he'll-he will
can't-cannot
she'll-she will
that's-that is
you'll-you will
I'm-I am
aren't-are not
1.Objective: Third-person and not a first-person point of view
Second Person
Your/yours
You
Third Person
She/her/hers
They/them/theirs
He/him/his
It/its
First Person
Me, us
My/mine
I, we
Our/ours
7.Subject-specific vocabulary