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Developing a personal voice within an academic paper involves much more than simply mentioning yourself. Writing in a personal voice can mean using language that comes naturally, allowing the writer to clearly express personal opinions or emotions on a subject.
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The Into the Essay examples come from papers on Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. I’m a Shakespeare nut, and one key to good writing is to write about what you care about. You don’t need to know or like Hamlet to benefit from these examples, which provide models for your own passions and papers.
1. THE PURPOSE OF YOUR ESSAY. Your essay’s purpose refers to its main rhetorical function with regard to why it is being written in the first place. Are you seeking to describe, narrate, argue or explain, these being the four common purposes for writing academic essays.
Reflective writing differs from most academic writing in that you will use the first person (“I”) to describe the experience and your feelings.
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This handout will cover how to avoid first-person usage, identify commonly used phrases, and rewrite those pesky “I” sentences. Using First-Person Pronouns. In most academic writing, first-person pronouns should be avoided. For instance, when writing a research project, words such as “I,” “we,” “my,” or “our” should probably ...
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An essay is not just about showing what you know. A good essay, whether for an exam or during term-time, is one that applies what you have learned to the task of addressing the specific essay question. With this in mind, the general advice is: Clarify: • Answer the question; keep it relevant • Develop a logical and clearly structured argument
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Writing in first person is one approach that anthropologists have developed to try and address perceived flaws in earlier ethnographic texts (i.e. a-historical, generalised, lack of detail about the authors role in the research and the production of the text). Why write in first person for undergraduate assignments?
