Academic Writing BIG300 - Quiz 1

The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:

• Uses longer words

• Tries to be precise and unbiased

• Is harder to understand

The difference between a project report and an essay is

• Essays are easily written

• Project reports are longer

• No difference

The best time to write an introduction is often

• First

• Last

• After writing the main body

Plagiarism is

• a dangerous disease

• an academic offense

• an academic website

Making careful notes is essential for

• Writing essays

• Revising exams

• All academic work

An in-text citation looks like

• (Richard Manton, 2008)

• (Manton, 2008)

• (Manton, R. 2008)

Paraphrasing a text means

• making it shorter

• changing the sentence but same meaning

• adding more detail

Paragraphs always contain

• six or more sentences

• an example

• a topic sentence

The purpose of an introduction is

• to give aims and methods of the writing

• to draw readers' interest

• tosummarize ideas

Proofreading means

• getting a friend to check your work

• checking for minor errors

• rewriting