Doctoral Writing And Academic Writing

Question: Do the voice and tone of doctoral writing differ from the voice and tone of writing at other academic levels? Explain your view. What are some ways that voice and tone can enhance the scholarly image of your writing? Explain. Answer: Comparison between the voice and tone of doctoral writing and the voice and tone of writing at other academic levels The voice and tone of the doctoral writing happens to be quite different from the voice and tone of the writings in the academic level. Voice generally refers to the stance of the writers for the readers and tone which is similar to voice refers to the stance of the writer but it does not include the truth of the message on the article (Scruggs and Mastropieri, 2006). When academic writing is considered it is more similar to a formal speech in a conference which requires it to be desirable but should not include any personal digression. The doctoral writing on the other hand is far more intimidating than academic writings. In case of doctoral writings some of the criteria that are to be focused on are that primarily whatever the author writes should be scholarly (Welman et al., 2005), proved by evidence and should be totally unbiased. Some of the things that is required to be avoided are wide manner of generalizing things, use of over-sweeping adverbs or adjectives or the use of qualifiers or any language that is too emotional or any inflammatory writings. Further the use of lengthy sentences should be avoided and the sentences used should be simple and direct. Use of compound sentences should also be avoided. The writing for the doctoral research should be more formal and should sound more scholarly and the use of too much of direct quotes should also be avoided. Hence for creating a good doctoral research it is essential that these techniques be followed. References Scruggs, T. and Mastropieri, M. (2006).Applications of research methodology. Amsterdam: Elsevier JAI. Welman, C., Kruger, F., Mitchell, B. and Huysamen, G. (2005).Research methodology. Cape Town: Oxford University Press.