Why is an Objective Tone Sometimes Necessary in Academic Writing?
There are several reasons. Some disciplines are more interested in facts and numbers and a writers ability to analyze and interpret them. Writers in these disciplines keep their opinions out of their writing and focus instead on analysis and interpretation. Disciplines that prefer a more objective perspective in writing include the sciences, math, engineering and even business. Similarly, certain types of writing assignments (regardless of the discipline) call for a more objective tone. One example is report writing, which you will no doubt be required to do many times in both your academic and professional lives. True to the name of the genre, writing a report requires you to objectively report on something that happened or is happening. For example, you may have to report on what happened (or is happening) in a science experiment, research project, novel, field activity, group project, profession or industry. While you may actually be involved in the topic of the report (for example,
