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Seminar 17-20 Flashback

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many common types of evidence are there in academic writing?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

6

d)

4

2.

What type of evidence is the following?: According to the survey results approximately 20% of the respondents mentioned the importance of multiculturalism policy in Europe (Brags, 2019).

a)

Statistics

b)

Research findings

c)

Personal experience

d)

Example

3.

What type of evidence is the following?: Research has shown that the United States and Japan suffered the most economic damage from natural disasters between 1991 and 2005 (Wills, 2009).

a)

Statistics

b)

Research findings

c)

Example

d)

Quotation

4.

What type of evidence is the following?: "Although a household on a lower income may spend less in total terms than a wealthier household, they are likely to spend a higher proportion of their income on recovery" (Richards, 2010, pp110).

a)

Statistics

b)

Quotation

c)

Research Findings

d)

Example

5.

Choose the correct meaning of the following word: "Subjectively"

a)

not influenced by personal beliefs or attitudes

b)

uninfluenced by prejudice

c)

influenced by personal beliefs or attitudes

6.

biased in favour of

a)

showing an unreasonable liking for, based on opinions rather than facts

b)

uninfluenced by personal beliefs or attitudes

c)

showing an unreasonable dislike for, based on opinions rather than facts

7.

rational

a)

based only on reason

b)

showing an unreasonable dislike for, based on opinions rather than facts

c)

showing an unreasonable liking for, based on opinions rather than facts

8.

prejudiced against

a)

showing an unreasonable dislike for, based on opinions rather than facts

b)

showing an unreasonable liking for, based on opinions rather than facts

c)

based only on reason

9.

to adopt/take a stance

a)

prejudiced against

b)

biased against

c)

hold views

d)

to take a position

10.

have ethical objections to

a)

object to something

b)

to change your point of view a little

c)

dislike for reasons relating to morality

d)

experience unreasonable negative behavior

11.

the principles underlying

a)

another (basic) idea lying behind

b)

basic philosophy

c)

belief

12.

Find the anaphoric reference in the following quote: "Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made."(Attributed to Otto von Bismarck)

a)

it

b)

them

c)

laws

d)

sausages

13.

Find the anaphoric reference in the sentence: "The toy belongs to the dogs, so leave it on the floor."

a)

the toy

b)

the

c)

the floor

d)

it

14.

Find the cataphoric reference in the sentence: "In 'The Pendulum Years,' his history of the 1960s, Bernard Levin writes of the 'collective insanity which seized Britain."

a)

Levin

b)

the collective insanity

c)

his

15.

Find the cataphoric reference in the sentence: "Too scared to buy before they sell, some homeowners aim for a trade."

a)

homeowners

b)

to

c)

they

16.

Academic English is the best module!

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I don't know

d)

I should ask my academic counselor