Answer: So basically Academic writing is a clear, concise, focussed, structured and backed up writing by evidence. It has a formal tone and style, but it is not complex and does not require the use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary. Some features are complexity, formality, precision, objectivity, explicitness, accuracy, hedging, responsibility, organization and planning. Hope this helps.
The answer is A. if the dark thing is coming after the children.
