Academic Writing Test

What is 'academic writing'?

• A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments
• An old-fashioned way of writing
• How university professors write
• The writing you find in textbooks

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose three words to describe academic writing:

• Talented, stylish, inspiring
• Precise, clear, objective
• Decisive, divisive, derisive
• Subjective, obscure, vague

Skimming is...

• technique by reading in order to find specific information

• This technique is used for extracting information accurately from the whole text.

• reading aims to get an in-depth understanding of the text

• technique by reading a text quickly to get a general idea of meaning

The function of abstract is

• give the background of the research

• inform the purpose of the research

• help the reader to see significant abbreviations used in your thesis.

• help the reader to quickly ascertain the purpose and conclusions of your thesis

What is the use of Introduction in academic writing?

• give information about the background or motivation of the author

• give the summary of the research

• show the literature study the author has conducted

• show the table of contents of the research

Scanning is:

• making detailed notes
• reading for an overview
• lying on the couch and watching tv, with a book nearby
•  reading for specific information

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The following is not true about the purpose of academic writing

• To report on a piece of research the writer has conducted

• To discuss a subject of common interest and give the writer’s view

• To express your feelings and opinion about random issue

• To answer a question the writer has been given or chosen

The following is not part of academic writing

• writing blogs

• writing report

• writing an essay

• writing a thesis