Voice
A component of style that refers to choices of words and sentence structures that create the “sound” of the author’s speech in your mind when you read; using some slang words may create a conversational tone. Sticking to more impersonal and formal vocabulary and complete sentences results in a lecturing or explaining tone.
A Guide to Reading and Analyzing Academic Articles, by Amanda Graham, 1997-2012, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.