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It also depends who the audience is -- if by "academic text" you mean textbook or supplement to educational materials, then questions may be great! Often in PlainLanguage, they advice question-hea...
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It also depends who the audience is -- if by "academic text" you mean textbook or supplement to educational materials, then questions may be great! Often in PlainLanguage, they advice question-headings in first person (as the reader has a question in mind), and then answer using 2nd person to mean the reader. [https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/organize/add-useful-headings/](https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/organize/add-useful-headings/) In the [PlainLanguage.Gov Training](https://www.plainlanguage.gov/training/create-your-own-class/) area, they have a PPTX that I adapted and used when I taught technical writing, as I found them to be great guidelines for addressing non-expert users without talking down to them.
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2019-02-25T14:32:24Z (almost 6 years ago)
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