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Introduction to Academic Writing

Choose the best answer for the following questions.

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What is academic writing? * 1/1

The type of writing found in newspapers.

The style of writing that follows a specific structure and uses formal academic
language.

An old-fashioned style of writing.

Choose three words to describe academic writing. * 1/1

Talented, stylish, inspiring

Subjective, obscure, vague

Precise, clear, objective

What are the purposes of academic writing? * 1/1

To settle, to negotiate and to inform

To guess, to hypothesise and to make conclusions

To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point

Choose the right elements that are present in academic writing. There *1/1
may be more than one answer.

Proper citation and referencing.

Information is taken from credible sources such as books and journal articles.

Includes information taken from sources such as magazines.

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Choose the most credible academic sources from the list below. There *0/1
may be more than one answer.

Online articles from any website

Academic books

Literary analysis

Newspaper

Essays from peers

Academic journals

Correct answer

Literary analysis

Academic books

Academic journals

Decide True or False for the following statements.

Academic writing is well organised and has a proper structure. * 1/1

1. True

2. False

Academic writing uses simple everyday words, so it is easier for people *1/1
to understand the content.

1. True

2. False

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Information on the internet is free. Anyone can use it in academic writing *1/1
without having to reference it.

1. True

2. False

Language in Academic Writing

Informal language should be avoided in academic writing. Select the *1/1

features of informal language from the list below.

Formal words

Phrasal verbs

Contractions

Specialised jargon

Personal pronouns

Idiomatic expressions

Colloquial / slang words

Contractions in English are _____. * 1/1

compound words

shortened forms of words

words with more than one meaning

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What is the problem in the following sentence?                   [The students *1/1

won't be attending the seminar as it's a public holiday.]

It is too short.

The meaning is unclear.

The use of contractions.

Choose the best word to complete each sentence.

When designing experiments, researchers must use a scientific method *1/1

in order    to obtain comparable and _________________ results.

1. accurate

2. inference

The growth in the number of students majoring in Computer Science has *1/1
been    _________________.

1. correlated

2. exponential

The anthropologist looked for a direct _________________ between the *1/1

group's language and their cultural outlook.

1. hypothesis

2. correlation

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The medical intern was _________________ an abnormality between the     *1/1

 prescribed medicine and the patient's reaction.

1. observing

2. inferencing

Check the box by matching the informal words to their formal words. *

exact perplexed lethargic obese exhilarating Score

very fat 1/1

very
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confused

very
1/1
accurate

very
1/1
sleepy

very
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exciting

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Check the box by matching the phrasal verbs to their formal words. *

merged discover omit numerous explained increase contribute hate

get up

put into

find out

got
together

cut out

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