Myth: You need to drink eight glasses of water every day. Fact: No one's sure where the so-called 8-by-8 rule came from, says Heinz Valtin, M.D., a Dartmouth College medical professor and author of two studies on the origin of the theory that the human body works best on eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day.
Editorials are basically articles in a newspaper that expresses the writers own opinion over something.   Example: (an abortion editorial)   Abortions in the eyes â¦ of most humans is wrong and should be prevented by all costs.
While a certain amount of description is necessary to set the context for your analysis, the main characteristic of academic writing is its critical element. A useful way to check this balance in your own writing is to use two coloured pens and to mark in the margin whether the lines are descriptive or critical.