Tanya Long Bennett, Ph.D. In the age of Buzzfeeds, hashtags, and Tweets, students are increasingly favoring conversational writing and regarding academic writing as less pertinent in their personal ...

Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical ... In writing, the passive voice is when the action comes at the end of a clause—for example, “the book was opened”. In scientific writing ...

By Olalekan Lawal / Jambar Contributor Academic writing can be challenging for many, not just international students or those ...

Like many styles of academic writing from around the world, North American academic essays and research papers are usually "thesis-driven." This means that you as the writer must explicitly state the ...