Writing Mechanics of Academic Texts

What is defined as the rules and conventions concerning technical aspects of writing composition?

• Linguistics

• Mechanics

• Olympics

• Haptics

Which of the following is NOT an example of a typographical error?

• Omission

• Transposition

• Addition

• Homonyms

Which of these words should NOT be capitalized (excluding the exception)?

• family titles

• calendar days and months

• university courses

• religious names

What punctuation mark is used to join two or more words to form compound adjectives that precede a noun?

• colon

• semicolon

• hyphen

• apostrophe

What spelling error is exemplified in the following expression?

"the surveyy"

• phonetic

• homonym

• homoerectus

• typographical

What do we call the sentence pattern whose ideas need to have a similar grammatical structure?

• paralellism

• parallelism

• parallellism

• parralellism

What is the exception when capitalizing the cardinal points?

• when part of a proper noun

• when addressing a person

• when used as a sentence fragment

• when used as a noun

Which abbreviation should be used sparingly in academic texts?

• acronyms

• initialism

• contractions

• Latin expressions

Which of the following sentences DOES NOT follow parallel structure?

• We can neither wait for something to happen nor take evasive action.

• Students who do not attend class risk being suspended or worse, expelled.

• How you look in the workplace is just as important as your behavior.

• Driving a car requires coordination, patience, good eyesight.

Which of the following is a use of a comma?

• to draw out a conclusion

• to separate two parts of a linked idea

• to prevent the misreading of certain words

• to punctuate abbreviations