Unit1Keysfor1.3.1,1.3.2DevelopinganAcademicVoice:Mostinexperiencedwritersuseonlythevoiceswithintheirexperience.Whenthereisnarrowexperience,theremaybetheuseofinappropriatevoice.Writersmayresorttotheircasualvoice,whichisinappropriateforacademicwriting.Developinganappropriatevoiceinacademicwritingestablishesauthorityandrespectforthewriter.Anacademicvoicecanbedevelopedthroughunderstandingcategoriesofvoice,recognizingyourwritingvoice,andlearningvoicechangingstrategies.CategoriesofVoice:-Formalvoiceisaninformativevoiceusedinanalysisandcritique.-Consultativevoiceisreservedforopinion,reaction,position,andpersuasionpapers.-Casualvoiceallowsyoutosharepersonalknowledgeandexperience.Thisstyleisnotappropriateforanacademicpaperunlessexpresslyallowedbyyourprofessor(asinapersonalnarrative).StrategiesforChangingyourVoice:-EliminatecasualfillersEliminatewordsthatareassociatedwithcasualstyleandaregenerallyfoundinconversation.Youcanensureyouareusinganacademicvoicebyavoidingcolloquialspeechpatternsinyourwriting.Example:“Youknow,”“well,”“now”-PersonCheckfortheappropriatepersonforeachstyleofpaper.Firstandsecondpersonpronounsaresometimesapplicabletotheconsultativevoice,butnottheformal.Besureyouareconsistentwithyourusagethroughoutthepaper.-WordinessandWordChoiceExpressideasclearlyandconciselybyremovingextraneouswordsthatonlyprovideconfusion.Also,removeambiguouswordssuchas“very”or“great”andselectwordsthatprovidespecificdefinition.Keysfor2.1.1VerifyExamineMakesuresomethingistrueLookatcarefullyDemonstrateIntendShowMeanInvestigateSurvive,penetrateDiscoverEliminateConclusionNumerous,myriadLookintoGetthroughTrytofindoutGetridofEndAlotofKeyfor2.2Aconjunctionconnectswords,phrases,orclausesandcanalsoindicatetherelationshipbetweentheelementsitconnects.Inonlyonesinglesentenceweoftenfindthatitcontainsoneormoreideaswhichmaybeequalorunequalinimportance.Whentheideasareequal,theyarecalledcoordinateideas.Thesesentencesmaybejoinedintoacompoundsentencethatshowstherelationshipbetweenthetwoideas.Whenthisisdoneinsuchawaythattheequalityoftheideasismaintained,wecalltheclausesinthenewsentencecoordinateclauses.Keysfor3.11.Sciencemagazine2.advertisement3.Hemingway’sshortstory:catintherain4.aresearchpaper5.anewspaperKeysfor3.2No.1Y/NNReason(s)foryourdecisionOralexpressions2YPassivevoice3NFirstsingularpersonused,oralpresentationOthers’opinionpresentedPassivevoice4Y5Y6NFirstsingularpersonusedLoosely-connectedsentenceVerbalphraseused7N8N9NThisisfromanewspaperadvertisinganewtranslatingmachineStructuralcomplexity10YKeyfor3.3Thereappeartobetwoprincipalreasonsforthegrowingtrafficcongestion.Firstly,publictransportationhasbecomeincreasinglyexpensiveinrelationtothe