Episode 54: Writing objectively: How to create an objective tone in academic writing

Academic writing is generally impersonal and objective in tone. This podcast considers what objective writing is , how objective academic writing is, then presents several ways to make your writing more objective, namely: using passive; focusing on the evidence ( The findings show... ); referring to sources ( Newbold (2021) shows... ); using impersonal constructions with It and There ; using hedges and boosters to show strength of feeling, rather than emotive language; personifying the writing ( This report shows.. .). The writing objectively page on the website also includes an academic article, to show authentic examples of objective language, and a checklist, that you can use to check the objectivity of your own writing.

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Episode 54: Writing objectively: How to create an objective tone in academic writing is an episode from EAP Foundation by EAPFoundation.com.

This episode is 0:20 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2022.

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