English for Academic and Professional Purposes Quiz

Academic texts are generally structured with _______.

• Formality

• Citation and references

• Clear and good structure

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A large unit of a written language wherein ideas are put together in a structure that requires them to make one central idea is _______.

• Text

• Essay

• Discourse

• Paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is TRUE about text structures?

• It is synonymous to text features.

• It can be used within longer texts.

• It refers to the organizational patterns in the text.

• It is used in the development of ideas located only in the

  body.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which is NOT a benefit of knowing the text structure?

• Easy Reading

• Increased Comprehension

• Extensive Reading

• Development of Critical

  Thinking

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which is NOT a technique in idea organization?

• Outline

• Annotation

• Final Draft

• Graphic Organizer

Who are the target readers of an academic essay?

• Parents, workers, teachers

• Teachers, students, academic community

• Students, out-of-school youth, government officials

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What are the purposes of doing an academic writing?

• To settle, to negotiate and to inform

• To defend, to challenge and to question

• To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point

• To guess, to hypothesize and to make conclusions

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 conduct a research on the topic at hand.

• One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources.

• One must depend highly on the Internet for easy information access.

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

• exquisite; one-of-a-kind

• extraordinarily good; wonderful

• hardworking; industrious

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.

• The introduction, the body and the conclusion.

• The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.

• None of the above