Writing tips
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On this page, you can find tips on adhering to guidelines related to style and improving your ACLED analysis writing. Scroll down to see the latest tips.
Footnote citations - 13 June 2025
Footnote citations - 13 June 2025
Sourcing - 13 June 2025
Sourcing - 13 June 2025
Quotations - 13 June 2025
Quotations - 13 June 2025
Italics - 13 June 2025
Italics - 13 June 2025
Numbers - 13 June 2025
Numbers - 13 June 2025
Writing
Writing
Writing titles and section headings - 13 June 2025
Writing titles and section headings - 13 June 2025
See this resource for alternatives to jargon and options for using active verbs in your writing.
‘Mistakes were made’ — avoiding passive agency - 13 June 2025
‘Mistakes were made’ — avoiding passive agency - 13 June 2025
Integrating context and other sources - 24 January 2024
Integrating context and other sources - 24 January 2024
Elements of an introduction - 13 June 2025
Elements of an introduction - 13 June 2025
For additional examples of how introductions answer the 5W+H, see here.
Source: Teresa Pelton Johnson, "Writing for International Security: A Contributors’ Guide," International Security, 1991
Developing an argument-driven structure - 13 June 2025
Developing an argument-driven structure - 13 June 2025
Developing a clear voice - 13 June 2025
Developing a clear voice - 13 June 2025
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