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- 1. Multiple Choice
Choose three words to describe academic writing:
Talented, stylish, inspiring
Decisive, divisive, derisive
Precise, clear, objective
Subjective, obscure, vague
- 2. 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
- 3. Multiple Choice
'Information on the internet is 'free'. Anyone can use it without having to reference it.'
True
It depends on how important the assignment is.
False
You only need to reference authors' work on the internet
- 4. Multiple Choice
Academic language...
is a set of vocabulary terms used in schools
comes as second nature to native speakers, but is difficult for ELLs to acquire
is the linguistic register that students are expected to use in school subjects
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is a claim?
a statement used to support or prove the thesis
quotations from a source
the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence
a sentence that grabs your reader's attention
- 6. Multiple Choice
What are the purposes of doing an academic writing?
To settle, to negotiate and to inform
To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point
To defend, to challenge and to question
To guess, to hypothesize and to make conclusions
- 7. Multiple Choice
The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:
uses longer words
tries to be precise and unbiased
is harder to understand
- 8. Multiple Choice
Plagiarism is:
a dangerous disease
an academic offense
an academic website
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is 'academic writing'?
A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments
How university professors write
An old-fashioned way of writing
The writing you find in textbooks
- 10. Multiple Choice
As long as you know your tutor, you don't need to use a formal style of writing. It's good to be friendly!
Some tutors like you to be formal but some don't mind as long as you do the work.
You only need to be formal in exams, not regular coursework.
It's good to be friendly but always use formal English when you write assignments.
Formal English is too old-fashioned these days
- 11. Multiple Choice
Academic literacy(ies)...
are often viewed pluralistically
are sometimes defined as literacy needed to succeed in school
have a meaning dependent on contexts of literacy
all of these
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a evidence?
a statement used to support or prove the thesis
the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence
quotations from a source
a sentence that grabs your reader's attention
- 13. Multiple Choice
When do you use formal language?
In an academic essay.
When you write a text message.
When you talk to a friend.
- 14. 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
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who are the target readers of an academic essay?
Parents, workers, teachers
Students, out-of-school youth, government officials
Teachers, students, academic community
None of the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should one do to achieve a well-crafted academic essa
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.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The term, "VERY OFTEN" may be improved using a more appropriate academic word which is:
frequently
seriously
rarely
stubbornly
- 18. 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
exquisite; one-of-a-kind
hardworking; industrious
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the function of the first paragraph for the problem-solution?
To give reasons and examples
To present the problem, effects and causes.
To give different ideas and examples
- 20. 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
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