Department : English

Presented to : Ma’am Sobia Talat

Presented by: Muhammad Noman
Class: Bs3
Topic: Style of Academic Writing
 Academic Writing Style

What are some features of academic

Writing style?
Academic Style

 Formal Language
 Impersonal and Unbiased
 Concise and Clear
 Cautious Language
 Uses examples, statistics and quotations
 Reference the work of other writers
Formal Language

 Avoid Contractions
 Avoids slangs and colloquial language
 Uses academic vocabulary
 Complete sentences
Impersonal and Unbiased

 Avoids “I”, “We” and “You”

 Uses passive voice
 Unbiased
Concise and Clear

 To the point
 Comprehensive
 Straightforward language 
Cautious Language

 Cautious Tone
 Suggest rather then state
 Cautious Vocabulary
 May
 Might
 Can
Use of Supporting evidence

 Supportive evidence
 Example
 Statistics
 References to research
Reference the work of other writers

 Give proper credit

 A lead for readers
 Not to be plagiarized
Thank you..