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WorksheetsAcademic writing Basic 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Plagiarism is:
a dangerous disease
an academic offence
an academic website
Paragraphs always contain:
six or more sentences
an example
a topic sentence
Proofreading means:
getting a friend to check your work
checking for minor errors
rewriting
Which of the following are usually NOT acceptable in academic writing? Select all that apply.
signposting expressions
question forms
contractions
colloquial vocabulary
tentative language
"A collaborative global campaign of vaccination effectively got rid of smallpox by 1980." Which word or phrase is unsuitable?
small pox
vaccination
got rid of
collaborative
Paragraphs always contain:
six or more sentences
an example
a topic sentence
Who are the target readers of an academic essay?
Parents, workers, teachers
Teachers, students, academic community
Students, out-of-school youth, government officials
None of the above
What is 'academic writing'?
A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments
An old-fashioned way of writing
How university professors write
The writing you find in textbooks
The sentence that presents the main idea of your essay is the
thesis
topic
introduction
hook
When writing academically, you are expected to...
use more personal style
write different kinds of tasks
use standard English
use as many online sources as possible
think critically
What is 'hedging' in academic writing?
To write factually all the time
To present information without an explanation
To convey only facts
To use 'cautious language' to present the author's stance
Being logical organization that the reader understands means ...
coherent
audience
prompt
convention
