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Academic Writing Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose three words to describe academic writing:

a)

Talented, stylish, inspiring

b)

Decisive, divisive, derisive

c)

Precise, clear, objective

d)

Subjective, obscure, vague

2.

Contractions are:

a)

what happens when you have a baby

b)

when someone says the opposite to you

c)

when something is too narrow

d)

a shortened form of a word

3.

'Information on the internet is 'free'. Anyone can use it without having to reference it.'

a)

True

b)

It depends on how important the assignment is.

c)

False

d)

You only need to reference authors' work on the internet

4.

Academic language...

a)

is a set of vocabulary terms used in schools

b)

comes as second nature to native speakers, but is difficult for ELLs to acquire

c)

is the linguistic register that students are expected to use in school subjects

5.

What is a claim?

a)

a statement used to support or prove the thesis

b)

quotations from a source

c)

the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence

d)

a sentence that grabs your reader's attention

6.

What are the purposes of doing an academic writing?

a)

To settle, to negotiate and to inform

b)

To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point

c)

To defend, to challenge and to question

d)

To guess, to hypothesize and to make conclusions

7.

The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:

a)

uses longer words

b)

tries to be precise and unbiased

c)

is harder to understand

8.

Plagiarism is:

a)

a dangerous disease

b)

an academic offense

c)

an academic website

9.

What is 'academic writing'?

a)

A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments

b)

How university professors write

c)

An old-fashioned way of writing

d)

The writing you find in textbooks

10.

As long as you know your tutor, you don't need to use a formal style of writing. It's good to be friendly!

a)

Some tutors like you to be formal but some don't mind as long as you do the work.

b)

You only need to be formal in exams, not regular coursework.

c)

It's good to be friendly but always use formal English when you write assignments.

d)

Formal English is too old-fashioned these days

11.

Academic literacy(ies)...

a)

are often viewed pluralistically

b)

are sometimes defined as literacy needed to succeed in school

c)

have a meaning dependent on contexts of literacy

d)

all of these

12.

What is a evidence?

a)

a statement used to support or prove the thesis

b)

the analysis explaining the meaning of evidence

c)

quotations from a source

d)

a sentence that grabs your reader's attention

13.

When do you use formal language?

a)

In an academic essay.

b)

When you write a text message.

c)

When you talk to a friend.

14.

What does it mean to write academically?

a)

To write in order to pass final exams

b)

To write using proper English language

c)

To write paper for scholars

d)

To avoid copy pasting from the Internet

15.

Who are the target readers of an academic essay?

a)

Parents, workers, teachers

b)

Students, out-of-school youth, government officials

c)

Teachers, students, academic community

d)

None of the above

16.

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

a)

One must depend on his/her own opinions alone.

b)

One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources.

c)

One must conduct a research on the topic at hand.

d)

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

17.

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

a)

frequently

b)

seriously

c)

rarely

d)

stubbornly

18.

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"?

a)

beautiful; pretty

b)

extraordinarily good; wonderful

c)

exquisite; one-of-a-kind

d)

hardworking; industrious

19.

What is the function of the first paragraph for the problem-solution?

a)

To give reasons and examples

b)

To present the problem, effects and causes.

c)

To give different ideas and examples

20.

Academic writing is:

a)

The process of breaking down ideas

b)

About what you think and what evidence has contributed to that thinking.

c)

Using deductive reasoning, formal voice, and third person point-of-view

d)

All of the answers are correct