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Analysis Paper Draft

Introduction

• Why should the average person care about your topic?

Description

• Explain how this policy/practice/service works

Purpose & History

What need does it address?

Describe the evolution of the policy/practice/service

Advantages & Disadvantages

What are the positive effects?

What are the negative effects?

Conclusion

ACADEMIC WRITING

Formal Writing

Audience

Presentation Purpose

Flow

Style

Organization

Language Focus

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Eliminating Bureaucratese

Vocabulary Shift

Formal Grammar Style

1. AVOID

BUREAUCRATESE

Bureaucratese

• A style of speech or writing characterized by jargon, euphemisms, and abstractions; held to be typical of bureaucrats.

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• The conventions of standard regimen fulfilled day-to-day by personas depict their low-income subsistence.

• The characters’ income was not enough to meet their needs.

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• At a loss in terms of knowledge and literacy, the personalities did not clinch sufficient intuition.

• They could not reason well because they were uneducated.

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• Having dilemmas at what procedure to do to secure food, all is done to cater to the characters’ gastronomic cravings.

• The starving characters undertook desperate measures in order to eat.

2. PRACTICE BREVITY

Brevity is the key.

• Avoid: This product is the single greatest technological wonder of our time. Nothing that has ever been invented compares to the significance it represents to civilization.

Nothing will ever be the same.

• Prefer: This product will change the world.

3. SHIFT VOCABULARY

Avoid Simplistic Terms

SIMPLE SOPHISTICATED

• Cute

• Good

• Bad

• Adorable

• Beneficial

• Terrible

Avoid Compound Verbs

COMPOUND EFFICIENT

• Come out

• Throw up

• Powered through

• Exit

• Vomit

• Persevere

Vocabulary Shift

• According to some biologists, coming up with clear proof of decreasing numbers of frogs has been hard.

• According to some biologists, offering clear proof of decreasing numbers of frogs has been difficult .

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Review

Maintain

Develop

Cause

Eliminate

Investigate

Reach

Determine

Decrease

Constitute

• The six leading causes of death in the U.S. are mainly brought on by overeating, a lack of exercise, and cigarette smoking.

• Scientists are looking into innovative ways to combat

AIDS.

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Review

Maintain

Develop

Cause

Eliminate

Investigate

Reach

Determine

Decrease

Constitute

• The purpose of this paper is to try to figure out what is lacking in our current understanding of corrosion.

Researchers have recently come up with hybrid vehicles that use a fuel-cell engine and a battery-assisted power train.

3

Review

Maintain

Develop

Cause

Eliminate

Investigate

Reach

Determine

Decrease

Constitute

• Rice and aquatic products make up a major part of the diet of people in the Mekong

Delta, Vietnam.

The use of touch screen voting systems could get rid of many problems associated with paper-based ballots.

4. FORMAL GRAMMAR

STYLE

Formal Grammar Style

• Sometimes it’s not just about the vocabulary. It’s also about the correct use of language – grammar.

A. Avoid Contractions.

• Export figures won’t improve until the economy is stronger.

• Export figures will not improve until the economy is stronger.

Don’t / Shouldn’t / Didn’t

Can’t / Ain’t

Haven’t

Should’ve / Could’ve

B. Use the more appropriate negative forms.

Not…any

The analysis didn’t yield any new results

Not…much

The government didn’t allocate much funding for the program

Not…many

The problem doesn’t have many solutions

• No

• The analysis yielded no new results

• Little

• The government allocated little funding for the program.

• Few

• This problem has few solutions

C . Limit the use of “run-on” expressions, such as so on and so forth and etc .

• These semiconductors can be used in robots,

CD players, etc.

• These semiconductors can be used in robots,

CD players, and other electronic devices.

D. Avoid addressing the reader as you

(except for instructions).

• You can see the results in Table 1.

• The results can be seen in Table 1.

• You can classify individuals as Morning

Types (MTs), Evening

Types (ETs), or Neither

Types (NTs).

• Individuals can be classified as Morning

Types (MTs), Evening

Types (ETs), or Neither

Types (NTs).

E. Be careful about using direct questions.

• What can be done to lower costs?

• It is necessary to consider how costs may be lowered.

• OR

• We now need to consider how costs may be lowered.

F. Place adverbs within the verb: in midposition rather than initial or final positions.

• Actually, very little is known about the general nature and prevalence of scientific dishonesty.

• Very little is actually known about the general nature and prevalence of scientific dishonesty.

 The model was developed by

Krugman (1979) originally.

 This model was originally developed by Krugman (1979).

Work with your gorgeous & intelligent partners

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You can use this model to analyze the effects of plastic surgery

OK, what are the reasons that coffee prices have fallen? They’re a lot of possibilities.

Clearly, you can see the difference between these two subway designs.

Recent research has shown that arms are used commonly for protection during a fall to the ground.

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So far, there hasn’t been any comprehensive study looking into the role of smiling in getting the initial trust of individuals.

Worldwide consumption of pesticides has gone up to 2.6 million metric tons.

These special tax laws have been enacted in :

Switzerland, Norway,

Japan, etc.

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