Jamon you mentioned in my feedback on my practise I should try using nominalisation.
I am not sure how to use nominalisation or what it is to be honest
Oh sure! Sorry I should have explained that.
Nominalisation is, basically, turning verbs into nouns (or more specifically, using the
noun form of a verb). Sounds fancy, here's an example:
Non-Nominalised: The author
uses a variety of literary techniques to create anticipation for the responder.
Nominalised: The author's
use of a variety of literary techniques creates anticipation for the responder.
So instead of saying the author 'uses' literary techniques, I am pointing to their 'use' of literary techniques. It's subtle, and in this case it doesn't make a huge difference, but there are case where it tidies up your writing immensely and can really up your sophistication. It's less recount - More analytical. In my HSC, practically all of my sentences were nominalised. In academic writing, it is the more common approach!
For some further reading on it,
try here!