RT Academic Writing

How is an academic text different than a non-academic one? What is the defining characteristic of academic texts?

• Academic texts are explanatory.

• Academic texts are peer-reviewed.

• Academic texts are written to be boring.

• Academic texts are written for academia.

Which one is not a type of academic text?

• Thesis/dissertation

• Journal article

• Annotated bibliography

• Research proposal

• All of them are types of academic texts

Which one IS a type of academic text?

• Literature review

• Call for papers

• Chapter in an edited book

• Monograph

• All of them

Academic writing can be many things, but it is not necessarily...

• Structured

• Precise

• Formal

• Written in third-person perspective

• Critical

What kind of writing technique is not typical in (good) academic writing?

• Active voice

• Abbreviations

• Choppiness

• Hedging

What other features do academic texts have?

Which sentence below has the best choice of vocabulary?

A: The demand for highly productive agricultural lands creates challenges for the preservation of natural habitats and native biodiversity.

B: The demand for fecund pastures and arable lands creates challenges for the preservation of natural habitats and autochthonous biodiversity.

• A

• B

• They both look perfect to me

• None

Which sentence is more suitable for an academic text?

A: There are many things that set the Sagrada Familia apart from other buildings that were constructed during the same period.

B: There are many architectural features that set the Sagrada Familia apart from other buildings that were constructed during the same period.

• A

• B

• Both are perfect

• Both are terrible

If you chose B in the previous question, what was the problem with the other one?

Which one is not typically found in an academic text?

• Abstract

• Footnotes

• Frontispiece

• Abbreviations

• Table of contents