Features of Academic Writing and Types of Academic Text (HB)

What is the main type of academic writing often published in print or electronic medium?

• Essay

• Article

• Report

• Review

What is the purpose of a narrative essay?

• To persuade the reader

• To tell a story or recount a personal experience

• To evaluate someone else's publication

• To inform the audience

What is a proposal intended to do?

• Convince the audience of the topic's effectiveness

• Summarize existing research

• Evaluate a publication

• Describe a personal experience

What is a report?

• A detailed analysis of a topic

• A concise document for a specific purpose

• A narrative of personal experiences

• A persuasive piece of writing

What does a review evaluate?

• A personal experience

• Someone else's publication

• A research proposal

• A narrative essay

What is a thesis?

• A compilation of research

• A short formal piece of writing

• A blog post

• A project proposal

What is a monograph?

• A detailed analysis of a single topic

• A collection of essays

• A type of report

• A narrative of personal experiences

Academic writing is relatively formal. In general, this means that in an essay, you should avoid colloquial words and expressions.

• Formal

• Objectivity

• Complex

• Precision

Features of Academic writing where the main emphasis should be on the information that you want to give and the arguments you want to make, rather than you.

• Formal

• Objectivity

• Complex

• Precision

Written language has longer words, it is lexically denser, and it has more varied vocabulary.

• Formal

• Objectivity

• Precision

• Complex