Write in formal academic style with deliberate register control (CCSS L.8.3; W.8.4)
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~9 min
eng.g8.f.ex_34
Academic Style Audit
Prompt
Audit one paragraph of your synthesis essay draft against the 9 features of formal academic style. For each feature: present? absent? deliberate?
Answer criteria
type
rubric
rubric
9 features audited + at least 3 revisions noted = mastery
Hints
- Third-person default; precise modifiers; no contractions; signposting...
- Each feature is a checkable Y/N.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treats absence of contractions as the only marker.
- Misses signposting as a feature.
Used in lessons