EAPP Quiz 1

The activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text.

• Reading

• Scanning

• Text

• Writing

This is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts written by experts or professionals in a given field using formal language.

• Academic Text

• Text

“a stretch of language which is perceived as a purposeful connected whole.”

• Academic Text

• Text

What are the importance of writing?

(Select all that applies)

• It is critical to become a good reader.

• is an essential job skill.

• is irrelevant in enhancing one's skill.

• preserves our ideas and memories

• expresses who we are as people.

Writing is the primary basis upon which one’s work, learning, and intellect will be judged—in college, in the work place and in the community.

• True

• False

Writing equips us with communication and thinking skills.

• True

• False

Writing cannot be improved over time.

• True

• False

Writing is only for those who are only good at it.

• True

• False

What are the features of academic texts?

(Select all that applies)

• Objective

• Accurate

• Personal

• Complex

• Formal

An academic text is precise if....

• texts are shorter and the language has more grammatical complexity.

• it avoids colloquial words and expressions.

• if it focuses more on a 'thing' to be subject rather than the writer.

• facts are given accurately.