Style and Strategies of Writing Research Papers 2
An academy
paper as a formal piece of writing which required the use of formal wording. It
should be presented in a style that is creative, clear, concise, and
objective. Although the phraseology should be diagnosed and
straightforward, it need not be dull or pedantic. Even the most profound
ideas can best be explained in simple language and short coherent sentences. Research
report should describe and explain, rather than try to convince or move to action.
In
the interest of objectivity, the person pronounces (I, we, you my, our, and us) should not be used. These personal
pronouns can be avoided by the use of such expressions as (the investigator) or
(the researcher) (i.e. the third person pronouns he, she,
it, and they) instead of saying (I selected ten students from each class), the passive voice construction
with be preferable (ten students are selected from each
class). Also, so formal writing does not
contain contractions such as (doesn’t) (he’s) and (there’ll).
Only
the last name or cited authorities are used. Titles search all professor Dr, Mr, and Dean are omitted.
The past tense should be used in the describing research procedures
that have been completed.
When
you present a quotation in your paper follow these rules:
1. Type the quotation along with
your writing, without special I indentation or spacing.
2. Use quotation marks to enclose
your sources that exact words.
3. If a quotation would take up more
than four lines of typing in your paper, triple-space before and after it,
double space it, indent it ten spaces from the left margin, but don't use
quotation marks.
concerning
citation, the best and easiest method is by mentioning the authors last name,
the year of publication, and the page number example:
*Komoski
and Vockell (1978: 53) found that……………..
*According
to Baker (1980: 123),…………….
*……… to
studied (Anderson, 1971:18).
References:
Atallah, Dhuha. (2011). A Course in Library and Research Work. College of Basic Education/ Al-Mustansiriah University.
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