Academic Writing - VU

Academic Writing means that a student will have to ...

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• answer a research question or task.

• show his or her feelings.

• provide evidence or share experience.

• create a critical argument.

Academic English is used to ...

• address people who work in factories.

• express my feelings.

• show my teacher/professor that I am a good student.

• persuade a wide, general academic audience.

Effective academic writing demonstrates:

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• Comprehensible writing

• Strong listening capabilities

• Supporting arguments with specific details

• Clear critical thinking

Academic writing must be ______. This means that there are logical connections between sentences. One way to do this is to link information back to a previous sentence.

• cohesion

• coherence

• coherent

• cohort

Which of the following types of pronouns are NOT considered personal?

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person

• All of them

Choose three words to describe academic writing:

• talented, stylish, inspiring

• factual, objective, precise

• decisive, divisive, derisive

• subjective, obscure, vague

Which of these sentences should you AVOID in an academic essay?

• I will analyze the key factors ...

• The data indicates a steady increase

• This essay will outline the key causes ...

When the writer removes unnecessary information, moves information in logical order, or adds details the readers need to know, s/he is in __________ stage. 

• Editing

• Pre-writing

• Revising

• Drafting

When the writer releases his/her written work to public to be viewed by others, s/he is in __________ stage. 

• Editing

• Pre-writing

• Revising

• Publishing

When the writer checks spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammatical mistakes, s/he is in __________ stage. 

• Editing

• Pre-writing

• Revising

• Publishing