College Writing

It is defined critical, objective, specialized text written by experts or professionals in a given field using formal language

• academic text

• professional text

• term paper

• editorial article

Choose three words to describe academic writing:

• Talented, stylish, inspiring

• Precise, clear, objective

• Decisive, divisive, derisive

• Subjective, obscure, vague

Contractions are:

• what happens when you have a baby

• when someone says the opposite to you

• when something is too narrow

• a shortened form of a word

What does it mean to write academically?

• To write in order to pass final exams

• To write using proper English language

• To write paper for scholars

• To avoid copy pasting from the Internet

Which of the following results may arise when one successfully underwent the process of academic writing?

• The questions posed by the writer will be answered.

• The problem raised by the writer will be clarified.

• The writer can argue for an opinion or stand.

• All of the above

Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should one do to achieve a well-crafted academic essay?

• One must depend on his/her own opinions alone.

• One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources.

• One must conduct a research on the topic at hand.

• One must depend highly on the Internet for easy information access.

The term, "VERY OFTEN" may be improved using a more appropriate academic word which is:

• seriously

• rarely

• frequently

• stubbornly

An academic essay must use appropriate vocabulary words but not too pretentious, highfalutin words. Which among these words is the simplified version of the term, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?

• beautiful; pretty

• extraordinarily good; wonderful

• hardworking; industrious

• exquisite; one-of-a-kind

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.

• The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.

• The introduction, the body and the conclusion.

What is a thesis statement?

• Is the sentence that tells the main idea of the whole essay.

• Is the sentence that calls for action.

• It is the paragraph that presents the problems.