Academic and Professional Writing

Choose T if the statement is True and F if False.

Both academic and professional writing use standard English.

• T

• F

Professional writing employs more referencing than academic writing.

• T

• F

Academic writing is more personal than professional writing.

• T

• F

The most important component of professional and academic writing is the context.

• T

• F

The higher the position of the receiver, the more formal your language should be.

• T

• F

Message cannot be conveyed without language.

• T

• F

It is always safe to use concise and straightforward language.

• T

• F

A literary text is an example of an academic text.

• T

• F

Academic and Professional writing may sometimes overlap.

• T

• F

Both academic and professional writing adhere to the same ethical guidelines.

• T

• F