Academic skills quiz

The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing…

• •uses longer words

• •Tries to be precise & unbiased

• Is harder to understand

Teachers complain most about students

• Not answering the question given

• Not writing enough

• Not referencing properly

The best time to write an introduction is often

• First

• Last

• After writing the main body

Plagiarism is

• A dangerous disease

• An academic offence

• An academic website

Making careful notes is essential for

• Writing essays

• Revising for exams

• All academic work

Text citation looks like

• (Manton, 2008)

• (Richard Manton, 2008)

• (Manton, R.2008)

Paraphrasing a text means

• Making it shorter

• Changing a lot of the Vocabulary

• Adding more detail

Paragraphs always contain

• Six or more sentences

• An example

• A topic sentence

The purpose of an introduction is

• To give your aims/method

• To excite the reader

• To summarise your ideas

Proofreading means

• Getting a friend to check your work

• Checking for minor error

• Re-writing