# Keyword:Style

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# Keyword: Style

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- ## [Academic style](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/writing-fundamentals/academic-style/)

  - Writing fundamentals

  Students are frequently required to use academic style for their university assignments. In the same way that recipes or letters use a particular style and form of language, academic assignments usually follow a particular style. Use the tips on this page to become familiar with this language style. Be specific...
- ## [Understanding your audience](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/writing-fundamentals/academic-style/understanding-your-audience/)

  - Writing fundamentals
  - Academic style

  You may not be aware of it, but we all present information in different ways at different times. Maybe you give your close friends more details when telling a story, or explain an idea more slowly and with simpler examples when talking to a child. You might even switch languages...
- ## [Writing cohesively](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/writing-fundamentals/academic-style/be-cohesive/)

  - Writing fundamentals
  - Academic style

  Good academic writing has a clear flow. Each phrase or sentence is linked to those that come before and after. Let's explore what makes academic writing cohesive. Write cohesively by using: Organic structure: used as the basis for paragraph organisation. Cohesive devices: repetition, substitution, and linking words are then used...
- ## [Writing concisely](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/writing-fundamentals/academic-style/be-concise/)

  - Writing fundamentals
  - Academic style

  Good academic writing gets straight to the point. It does not waste words. Write concisely by: 1. Making the actor and the action clear Attempts at writing in an academic style often result in the meaning being buried under a pile of nominalisations\* and the prepositional phrases\*\* needed to support...