Academic practice for English and Report writing

makes an assertion and supports it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary

• transitions

• thesis

• explanatory essay

• argumentative essay

evidence (facts, statistics, examples) that supports the topic sentence

• details

• topic sentence

• commentary

• rhetorical question

quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

• textual evidence

• formal style

• tone

• lead

academic writing that shows care and appropriate language

• informal style

• formal style

• compare

• contrast

Reptiles have scales and their toes have claws; amphibians have moist skin and their toes do not have claws. Both reptiles and amphibians lay eggs. However, reptile eggs have a thick hard shell and are laid on land, but amphibian eggs have no shell and are laid in water. Young reptiles are miniature replicas of their parents and are born with lungs, but young amphibians start out with gills. Once amphibians have matured to adults they have lungs.

When comparing reptiles and amphibians:

• Reptiles and amphibians both have lungs as adults.

• Reptiles and amphibians both have toes on their claws.

• Reptiles and amphibians have gills when babies.

• Reptiles and amphibians have scales.

Mary and Tracey are twin sisters. They are fourteen years of age.

This is an example of:

• comparing

• contrasting

• fact and opinion

• chronological order

The computer ________________ the mobile phone in the way it can be utilised for easy communication.

• like

• just like

• is similar to

• on the other hand

Iphone and Android phones are ____________ because they both have GPS and Navigators.

• same

• alike

• different

• dissimilar

Fareez and Fareed were called by their English lecturer as their English essays were strikingly ____________.

• same

• similar

• like

• similarly

The main _______________ between Twitter and Instagram in the direct messaging is in group chats. This is because Twitter allows up to 50 people in one chat _____________ Instagram only allows 15.

• different; as

• similarity; but

• difference; yet

• difference; whereas