EAPP (Summative Test 1)

This is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts and relatively formal in structure and style.

• academic text
• language
• comprehension
• structure

Academic text is usually written by ____.

• poet
• experts or professional in a given field
• well-known official
• anonymous individual

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.
• The introduction, the body and the conclusion.
• The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.
• The Introduction, Thesis Statement, conclusion.

What is the purpose of the topic sentence?

• To give coherence to the paragraph.
• To help with the flow of sentences.
• To help the reader understand what the paragraph will be about.
• All of the above

What characteristic of academic texts suggests that it addresses complex issues that require higher-order thinking skills to comprehend?

• evidence-based arguments
• language
• thesis-driven
• complexity

The following are characteristics of academic text, except;

• direct
• figurative
• exact
• researched

Which of the following does not describe academic language?

• It does not use slang
• It is used in school/work conversation
• It can be repetitive
• It uses variety of terms

Which of the following is an example of academic text?

• report
• letters
• e-mail
• memoirs

The following statements are in formal language, except

• Improvements cannot be introduced due to funding restrictions.
• During the interview, I asked students about their experiences.
• The crowd was very rowdy during the protest against the cuts to university funding.
• The results of the study were confused.

Which set of words cannot be categorized as formal language?

• indicate, postpone, deposit, insert
• anyway, also, totally, wrong
• intelligent, positive, rich, much
• definitely, acceptable, however, discard