Academic writing usually gets right to the point, appeals to the readers' emotions, and uses creative

structural patterns.

is wordy, uses metaphors and poetic devices, and follows a strict pattern.

is precise and exact in wording, justified in its conclusions, and structured in

recognizable ways.

not concrete, existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.