Which of the following best describes the content and style of academic text?

Use credible and relevant sources.

Use the author's point of view.

Which of the following best describes currency of sources in academic writing?

Sources within the last five years.

Source published in a reputable journal.

Sources published in the 90’s.

Sources published on the internet.

Which one does NOT serve as purpose of citing sources?

To make the paper appear scholarly

To aid the readers to locate the source

To avoid copying works of others

To guide the writers in organizing ideas

Which can be done BEFORE reading?

Questioning the title of the text

Highlighting key words in each paragraph

Making comments on the main idea

Which can be done AFTER reading?

Discussing author’s major points

Making inferences about the thesis

Predicting from the title of the text

Below are the different criteria when assessing information from the internet, EXCEPT one:

Check if the author’s contact details are available.

Check if credentials of the author are provided.

Check the details of the text expressed by the author.

Which is true of the following statements: 1. A paragraph can consist of two topic sentences. 2. The abstract presents the thesis of the text.

Only statement 2 is correct. Statement 1 is wrong.

Only statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong.

The following are the characteristics of a good source of information EXCEPT:

Sources published online are valid and always acceptable.

Sources from reputable academic institutions are useful.

Sources which have in-text and reference citations are always credible.

Sources from any form of information.

How would you distinguish American Psychological Association (APA) style guide from Modern Language Association (MLA) style guide in terms of basic citation format?

APA style guide in-text follows the author and year publication format; while, MLA style guide follows the page number format.

In APA style guide in-text citation the year of publication should be enclosed in a parenthesis; while, in MLA style guide the page number should always be in the parenthetical citation.

In APA style guide in-text citation, the year of publication should be written first while; in MLA the in-text parenthetical details may vary depending on the type of sources.

MLA style guide in-text citation follows the author-year and page format; while, the APA follows the page number format.

The American Psychological Association (APA) style guide is the most commonly used in what specific disciplines?

Education, Psychology, Business, Economics

If you are to evaluate a source of information, which of the following essay in English Language Tourism in the Philippines will NOT be used?

Hutchinson, T. & Waters, A. (1987). English for specific purposes: A learning centered approach . UK: Cambridge University Press.

Learning English: More fun in the Philippines (2013). American English. Retrieved form http://americanenglish.ph/featured/learning-english-more-fun-in-the-philippines/

.Breaking the Language Barrier in Tourism (19 July 2015). The Philippine Star. Retrieved from http://www.Philstar.com/travel-and-tourism/2015/07/19/1478834/breaking-language-barrier-tourism/

History: It’s more fun in the Philippines (2009). English for Tourism Development. Retrieved from http://www.tourism.gov.ph/sitespsges/history.aspx

Which of the following statements is a characteristic of a topic sentence?

It is the main idea of a paragraph.

It can be the first idea of the text.

The following are the guidelines in direct quoting EXCEPT:

Paraphrase some words to avoid plagiarism.

Copy exactly the part of the text that you want to use.

Use quotation marks to show the beginning and ending of the quote

Which of the following statement is not true about paraphrasing, summarizing, and direct quoting?

They are restatement of ideas from original text into your own words.

They are important in supporting your thesis statement.

They require in-text and reference citations.

They are skills required in incorporating ideas of other authors.

When is the best use of direct quotation?

When you want to quote a section from the constitution.

When you incorporate a summary of a book on literary in your writing.

When you rewrite author’s comments about the elections.

When you use the main idea of a text on climate change.

Which of the following is NOT summarizing?

Writing down ideas that are not stated in the text.

Writing down all ideas of the text.

Writing down ideas from other text.

Writing down useful information from the text.

Which one best describes a good paraphrase?

It shows a modification of the language and structure of the original text, and provides a direct reference to the author.

It is enclosed in quotation marks, and provides appropriate documentation.

It maintains the words and sentence structures of the original text, and acknowledges the author.

It provides citations, and is composed of phrases and sentence structures in the original author’s language rearranged into different pattern.

Which one has a correct Idea Heading Format?

Government should value teachers by providing them benefits and security (Tabiola, 2016).

According to Tabiola (2016), government should value teachers by providing them benefits and security.

Tabiola (2016) claims that government should value teachers by providing them benefits and security.

Tabiola claims that government should value teachers by providing them benefits and security (2016).

Which one has a correct direct quotation format?

“Teaching is touching lives forever” (Culaba, 2015, p. 15).

“Teaching is touching lives forever” (Culaba, 2015).

Culaba states that “teaching is touching lives forever” (2015).

Culaba states that teaching is touching lives forever (2015, p.15).

Which one is the best example of a good paraphrase? Original text: The emergence of advanced information and communication system and technology will have an impact on the society. Hence, everyone is enjoined to prepare all the time (Masangya, 2015).

Society must be prepared for the effects of the new information and communication system and technology (Masangya, 2015).

Because of the effects of the information and communications technology in the society, people are enjoined to plan and prepare for the future (Masangya, 2015).

Everyone is enjoined to prepare as for the impact of the emergence of the advanced information and communication system and technology (Masangya, 2015).

The impact of information and communication system and technology is inevitable. Therefore, government units should be prepared (Masangya, 2015).

Which one is the best example of a good paraphrase? Original text : In a knowledge-based society, schools are expected to train an educated and skilled labor force and be flexible to a modern information infrastructure and effective innovative system (Marfito, 2016).

According to Marfito (2016), the schools’ role of developing educated and skilled workers and their need to be adaptive to innovations are crucial to a knowledge-based economy.

Marfito (2016) claims that schools are expected to train an educated and skilled labor force.

The knowledge-based economy demands all institutions to produce educated and skilled labor force who are flexible to a modern information infrastructure and effective innovative system (Marfito, 2016).

Workers in the knowledge-based society must be educated and skilled, and adaptive to advanced technology (Marfito, 2016).

Which of the following is NOT true about abstract, précis, or summary?

They condense ideas of the original length of the text around 50 percent.

They aim to present the key ideas or information of the text.

They tell the audience the gist of what has been read, listened to, or viewed.

These texts aim to precisely condense a larger work to present only the key ideas.

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These are personal researches written by a candidate for college or university degree

Thesis

Journal

Article

Conference Paper

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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An academic text which is presented in scholastic discussion and has the possibility to be an article if it is revised and edited properly.

Article

Conference Paper

Review

Thesis

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is not an example of an academic text?

Conference Proceeding

Scholarly Journal

Daily Newspaper

Theses

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CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Below are the properties of a well-written academic text EXCEPT one:

Unity

Asymmetry

Coherence

A.Organization

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

SQ3R Method is a reading strategy employed to ensure critical reading of academic and general test. Which of the following guidelines falls under the Survey Stage?

Annotating headings with questions asked.

Stressing important sentences to understand the previous text.

Writing summaries to determine key information.

Skimming the target text.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following cannot be considered a characteristic of an effective academic reader?

Biased

Critical

Objective

Open-minded

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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The following are some of academic reading purposes. Which one is not?

To determine gaps in existing studies

To provide support to a claim

To identify relevant ideas

To write a short story

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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