Academic Decorator¶

Adapts the response to follow scholarly writing conventions appropriate for academic publications. This decorator generates responses with formal language, structured argumentation, and proper citations following established academic citation styles.

Category: Tone

Parameters¶

Style Options¶

• humanities: Use conventions typical of humanities scholarship, including interpretive analysis, theoretical frameworks, and engagement with cultural, historical, or philosophical contexts.
• scientific: Follow scientific writing conventions, including clear methodology descriptions, evidence-based claims, objective tone, and precise technical terminology.
• legal: Adopt legal academic writing style, including careful statutory interpretation, case analysis, precedent citation, and attention to doctrinal frameworks.

Format Options¶

• APA: Format all citations and references according to APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th edition.
• MLA: Format all citations and references according to MLA (Modern Language Association) style, 9th edition.
• Chicago: Format all citations and references according to Chicago style (Chicago Manual of Style), 17th edition.
• Harvard: Format all citations and references according to Harvard referencing style.
• IEEE: Format all citations and references according to IEEE citation style used in engineering and computer science.

Examples¶

Scientific academic response with APA citations¶

+++Academic
Discuss the evidence for climate change.

Produces a scholarly analysis of climate change evidence using formal scientific language and proper APA citations

Humanities-focused academic response with MLA citations¶

+++Academic(style=humanities, format=MLA)
Analyze the themes in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Provides a literary analysis of Hamlet using humanities-appropriate terminology and MLA citation format

Model-Specific Implementations¶

gpt-4-turbo¶

Instruction: Write this response as a scholarly {style} academic paper with formal language, precise terminology, and proper structure (introduction, literature review, analysis/discussion, conclusion). Use {format} citations for all factual claims. Include appropriate academic vocabulary, transitional phrases, and maintain an objective, analytical stance.

Notes: This model sometimes needs more explicit guidance to maintain consistent academic tone and proper citation formats throughout

Implementation Guidance¶

Scientific academic response with APA citations¶

Original Prompt:

Discuss the evidence for climate change.

Transformed Prompt:

Please structure your response following scholarly writing conventions appropriate for academic publications, using formal language, structured argumentation, and proper citations. Follow scientific writing conventions, including clear methodology descriptions, evidence-based claims, objective tone, and precise technical terminology. Format all citations and references according to APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th edition.

Discuss the evidence for climate change.

Humanities academic response with MLA citations¶

Original Prompt:

Analyze the themes in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Transformed Prompt:

Please structure your response following scholarly writing conventions appropriate for academic publications, using formal language, structured argumentation, and proper citations. Use conventions typical of humanities scholarship, including interpretive analysis, theoretical frameworks, and engagement with cultural, historical, or philosophical contexts. Format all citations and references according to MLA (Modern Language Association) style, 9th edition.

Analyze the themes in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Transformation Details¶

Base Instruction: Please structure your response following scholarly writing conventions appropriate for academic publications, using formal language, structured argumentation, and proper citations.

Placement: prepend

Composition Behavior: accumulate

Parameter Effects:

• style:
• When set to humanities: Use conventions typical of humanities scholarship, including interpretive analysis, theoretical frameworks, and engagement with cultural, historical, or philosophical contexts.
• When set to scientific: Follow scientific writing conventions, including clear methodology descriptions, evidence-based claims, objective tone, and precise technical terminology.

• When set to legal: Adopt legal academic writing style, including careful statutory interpretation, case analysis, precedent citation, and attention to doctrinal frameworks.

• format:

• When set to APA: Format all citations and references according to APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th edition.
• When set to MLA: Format all citations and references according to MLA (Modern Language Association) style, 9th edition.
• When set to Chicago: Format all citations and references according to Chicago style (Chicago Manual of Style), 17th edition.
• When set to Harvard: Format all citations and references according to Harvard referencing style.
• When set to IEEE: Format all citations and references according to IEEE citation style used in engineering and computer science.

Compatibility¶

• Requires: None
• Conflicts: ELI5, Creative, Motivational
• Compatible Models: gpt-4o, gpt-4-turbo
• Standard Version: 1.0.0 - 2.0.0

Related Decorators¶

• CiteSources: Enhances Academic CiteSources complements Academic by ensuring thorough citation practices consistent with academic standards
• ELI5: Conflicts with Academic ELI5's simplified language directly conflicts with Academic's scholarly language requirements
• Creative: Conflicts with Academic Creative's artistic expression conflicts with Academic's formal scholarly conventions
• PeerReview: Enhances Academic PeerReview pairs well with Academic to simulate scholarly publication review processes