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Where can you find the academic style of writing?
newspapers
student's thesis
novels
social media
What is the best definition of a contraction?
A combination of two words with an apostrophe
The use of a comma to join sentences
The taking of first letter from some words to join together
The shortening of two or more words
Which of the following types of pronouns are NOT considered personal?
First-person
Second-person
Third-person
All of them
Which of the following is an example of a first-person pronoun?
You
Them
Us
It
Choose three words to describe academic writing:
talented, stylish, inspiring
factual, objective, precise
decisive, divisive, derisive
subjective, obscure, vague
Which is correct?
However, the main reasons are time, money and cost.
However the main reasons, are time, money, and, cost.
However, the main reasons are time money and cost.
However, the main reasons, are time money, and cost.
The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:
uses longer words
tries to be precise
is harder to understand
uses words repetitively
What should you avoid in academic writing?
acronyms
formal terms
colloquial terms
punctuation
The conjunction that cannot be used in the beginning of a sentence is ...
and
before
however
for example
The list of words that cannot be used in academic writing is ...
piece of cake, buddy, buzz off
optimal, likely, suggest
average, excellence, primary
reveal, imply, recommendation
Which sentence belongs in academic writing?
We suggest that the action is taken immediately.
The action should be taken immediately.
Take the action immediately
Can the action be taken immediately?
The example of effective words are ...
very big, exhausted, really much
really small, furious, enormous
serene, wealthy, innovative
so careful, hideous, massive
Which sentence does not belong in academic writing?
There is not nobody in the campaign against corruption.
The result should be beneficial to human kind.
It is argued that the vaccine for Covid-19 is ready within half a year.
The final consequence derived from the new regulation is not comfort for many contestants.
The example of contraction that can be used in academic writing is ...
The students do not create new project.
The government can't stay away from this urgent problem.
The virus has affected the new governor's daughter.
Mr. Jokowi's been in his official conference.
The list of common abbreviation that should be avoided in academic writing is ....
e.g., i.e., etc
F.B.I, U.S.A, U.F.O
don't, they've, can't
Dr., MBA., TV
Being "factual and relational with other writings" means that the academic writing ....
is not merely self-opinions, but influenced by previous ideas
does not contain quotation and citation
cannot be used as reference by others as well
is opinionated and totally subjective
Being "succinct" means that the academic writing should ...
use more words repetitively
be general and not to-the-point
not use double negatives
use double negatives
Which sentence use the correct word type (part of speech)?
The driver controls the navigate handle cautiously.
The police officers comfort the victims continuously.
The continue of the presidential debate will be announced immediately.
The healthcare workers remind the patients to be caution of the virus.
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