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- 1. Multiple Choice
It is defined critical, objective, specialized text written by experts or professionals in a given field using formal language
academic text
professional text
term paper
editorial article
- 2. Multiple Choice
Choose three words to describe academic writing:
Talented, stylish, inspiring
Precise, clear, objective
Decisive, divisive, derisive
Subjective, obscure, vague
- 3. Multiple Choice
Contractions are:
what happens when you have a baby
when someone says the opposite to you
when something is too narrow
a shortened form of a word
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does it mean to write academically?
To write in order to pass final exams
To write using proper English language
To write paper for scholars
To avoid copy pasting from the Internet
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following results may arise when one successfully underwent the process of academic writing?
The questions posed by the writer will be answered.
The problem raised by the writer will be clarified.
The writer can argue for an opinion or stand.
All of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should one do to achieve a well-crafted academic essay?
One must depend on his/her own opinions alone.
One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources.
One must conduct a research on the topic at hand.
One must depend highly on the Internet for easy information access.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The term, "VERY OFTEN" may be improved using a more appropriate academic word which is:
seriously
rarely
frequently
stubbornly
- 8. Multiple Choice
An academic essay must use appropriate vocabulary words but not too pretentious, highfalutin words. Which among these words is the simplified version of the term, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
beautiful; pretty
extraordinarily good; wonderful
hardworking; industrious
exquisite; one-of-a-kind
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are the three main parts of an essay?
The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.
The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.
The introduction, the body and the conclusion.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is a thesis statement?
Is the sentence that tells the main idea of the whole essay.
Is the sentence that calls for action.
It is the paragraph that presents the problems.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Academic writing is:
The process of breaking down ideas
About what you think and what evidence has contributed to that thinking.
Using deductive reasoning, formal voice, and third person point-of-view
All of the answers are correct
- 12. Multiple Choice
The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:
uses longer words
is harder to understand
tries to be precise and unbiased
- 13. Multiple Choice
Paraphrasing a text means:
changing a lot of the vocabulary
adding more detail
you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning
of the original text.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Making careful notes is essential for
writing essays
revising for an exam
academic work
all of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
A student wishes to use an idea from the extract of an article below (in italics), in an essay whose topic is:
Analyse the role of revision in producing a competent essay.
The article was published in 2005 and examines the experiences of writing for native and non-native students in the United States. Diane Becket, the author of the article, concludes with these words:
For the students in this study, the factors that most influenced their progress are the extent to which they are able to balance the conflicting demands of their lives, the motivation to thoughtfully revise their essays, and their overall attitude to the class. These factors are more important for their progress than whether or not they were born in the United States.
Which of the following paraphrases is NOT a plagiarism of the above source?
Becket (2005) concludes that one of the most significant factors in student writing is the motivation to thoughtfully revise their essays
Becket (2005) concludes that one of the most significant factors in student writing is the willingness to revise carefully as this is more important for their progress than whether or not they were born in the United States.
According to Becket (2005), one of the most significant factors in student writing is their motivation to thoughtfully revise anything they write.
Becket (2005) concludes that one of the most significant factors in student writing is the willingness to revise carefully.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Academic writing is like building a house. You need a solid foundation as you make a well-structured house.
True
False
- 17. Fill in the Blank
____________ structure is used for thesis and dissertation
- 18. Fill in the Blank
________ is a text structure used in explaining unfamiliar words.
- 19. Multiple Choice
When you paraphrase an idea you may:
use synonyms for many of the words.
use any of the disciplinary terminology from the original source.
write a longer or shorter sentence than the original
All of the above.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Below is a paragraph taken from an article published in 1999 by Lejk, Wyvill and Farrow.
There are a number of methods of getting around the problem of unequal contribution to groupwork. The most common is to use some form of peer assessment to arrive at an individual's contribution to the group effort and then use this assessment to apply a weighting to the group mark (e.g. Lejk et al., 1996). Although these methods are pragmatic and widely accepted, they do go against the ethos of team working in which the team works as a unit and is judged as a unit. In addition, there are still question marks over students' ability to objectively assess their peers in a group setting. Some methods of peer assessment appear to be more difficult for non-professional assessors than others (Schechtman, 1992) and the ability of students to assess themselves fairly in a group setting has been questioned (Falchikov, 1991). Interviews with students at the University of Sunderland also cast doubt on the ability of some students to objectively assess their peers. All in all, assessment of groupwork is problematic.
It is a well written paragraph but the topic sentence has NOT been written as the first sentence.
What topic sentence would YOU write as the first sentence of this paragraph if you wanted to maximize the impact of the argument?
There are a number of methods of getting around the problem of unequal contribution to groupwork.
Assessment of groupwork is problematic.
All in all, assessment of groupwork is problematic.
Interviews with students at the University of Sunderland also cast doubt on the ability of some students to objectively assess their peers.
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