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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WRITING
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always go back to it
return to the intrigue, suspense or line of inquiry
you established

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moves the readers into action

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Call to action

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Why should your readers care? What's in it for them?
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What would they want to know about? What do they already know?

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Rules in Writing Science Articles:
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Rules in Writing
Understand the jargon

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● Explain the jargon in a language your audience will
understand
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Use concrete words
where possible

Do not overload with
figures

Write brightly

Do not sensationalize

Give background
details

Illustrate your story

● Science is about ideas
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● Do not overload your stories with large
numbers/lots of figures
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● Keep your sentences short and simple
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To sensationalize means to state something in such a
strong & extreme way that it has an effect on people's
emotions
● Help your readers understand what has happened &
how important (or disappointing) the latest
development is
● Background details should be written as simply &
clearly as the rest of the story

● Provide illustrations which will bring your story
alive

● Pictures/diagrams can say very quickly what it
might take you a thousand words to describe

Acknowledge source

● If you use pictures/diagrams by other people or
taken from books/magazines, make sure that you
have permission
from the rightful owners to use them
● Sometimes you will need to add a short sentence to
the caption telling where they came from

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Your first sentence must be indelible
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Change the pace
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Be economical with your language
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Write as you would speak
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Stick to the point
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Illustrate the problem by telling a story about real people
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Stop listing things
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Avoid passive voice and clunky sentence structures

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