Academic poster

1. Academic posters can be regarded as a _ genre.

• film

• research

• music

• sports

Academic posters include:

• graphs

• emojis

• images

• texts, images and graphs.

Which of these are NOT found in a printed academic poster?

• Text

• Images

• videos and gifs

• Graphs & maps.

Academic posters are:

• a series of 3D holograms.

• a set of slides.

• a part of a video tape/ film.

• a 2D visual display.

What distinguishes academic posters from other research genres?

• Spread sheets

• Word documents

• Power points

• videos

Why did Swales (2000) believe that it is hard for academic poster to find its place in traditional conference presentation?

• Posters are only used by PhD students.

• none of these

• posters contain elements such as photos that may distract readers.

• Posters are too easy to make.

Recently, universities have started treating academic posters as:

• a teaching & evaluation device.

• an unprofessional academic genre.

• a genre no longer used or appreciated.

• None of the above.

Academic posters are usually in (IMRD)technical report structure because:

• research papers are also usually in IMRD structure.

• this makes the poster look more professional.

• this makes the poster look more attractive.

• this is compulsory.

Complex & lengthy sentences are avoided because:

• they draw too much attention from the audience

• shorter sentences take less time to read and are easy to understand.

• they increase the chances of making mistakes.

• they provide too much elaboration about certain points.

Point forms are used to:

• make the poster easier to read.

• allow more space for long sentences.

• make the poster look more like PowerPoint slides.

• highlight certain points on the posters.