Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Scientific Writing 1.3
- Scientific Voice
- Objective
- It describes the events that occurred rather than what people felt or thought about it
- Precise
- It uses qualified language and avoids understatement or exaggeration
- Concise
- Conveying information in short, clearly understandable sentences without any unnecessary terminology
- Simple
- Short sentences should be use wherever possible
- Free of bias, personal opinion or persuasion
- scientific writing
- Formal Language
- formal language used in more official situations such as speeches as opposed to the common language used in text messages and amongst friends
- e.g The bacteria passed away.
- e.g. The results do not
- e.g. we guessed that
- e.g. previous researcher were slackand missed
- Objective Writing
- e.g. The results showed
- e.g. this produced a pungent odour
- e.g. The golden bowerbird
- Accurate Language
- e.g. this phenomenon has not been reported previously
- e.g. the magnesium burnt vigorously.
- Unscientific Writing
- Subjective writing
- e.g. the results were weird/bad/atrocious/wonderful
- e.g. this produced a disgusting odour
- e.g. this breathtakingly beautiful golden bowerbird
- Exaggeration
- e.g. the object weighed a huge amount
- e.g. millions of ants swarmed over the..
- e.g. the magnesium exploded into flames
- Everyday language
- e.g. the bacteria passed away
- e.g. the results do not
- e.g. we guessed that
- active voice
- in the active voice, the subject is doing the action
- e.g. we used a pH meter to measure pH
- passive voice
- in the passive voice, the subject is receiving the action
- e.g. the pH was recorded with a pH meter