Effective academic writing isn’t dull, dense, or opaque. The resources on this page provide techniques for communicating sophisticated concepts with clear, powerful prose and well-controlled sentences.
- Concise Writing - Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
- Writing better sentences:
- Writing clear, concise sentences (click on the menu on the right hand side of the page for resources related to writing clear and concise sentences) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Quick tour of the active & passive voice
Plain Language: a growing movement in technical, professional, and academic communication:
- What is Plain Language? -- PLAIN Language International
- Plain Language Checklist, The Hospital for Sick Kids
- Using Plain Language in the Sciences -- Plain Language.gov
- Plain Writing in Business -- Plain Language.gov