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WorksheetsAcademic Writing - VU
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Academic Writing means that a student will have to ...
(Tick all correct answers)
answer a research question or task.
show his or her feelings.
provide evidence or share experience.
create a critical argument.
Academic English is used to ...
address people who work in factories.
express my feelings.
show my teacher/professor that I am a good student.
persuade a wide, general academic audience.
Effective academic writing demonstrates:
(Tick all correct answers)
Comprehensible writing
Strong listening capabilities
Supporting arguments with specific details
Clear critical thinking
Academic writing must be ______. This means that there are logical connections between sentences. One way to do this is to link information back to a previous sentence.
cohesion
coherence
coherent
cohort
Which of the following types of pronouns are NOT considered personal?
First-person
Second-person
Third-person
All of them
Choose three words to describe academic writing:
talented, stylish, inspiring
factual, objective, precise
decisive, divisive, derisive
subjective, obscure, vague
Which of these sentences should you AVOID in an academic essay?
I will analyze the key factors ...
The data indicates a steady increase
This essay will outline the key causes ...
When the writer removes unnecessary information, moves information in logical order, or adds details the readers need to know, s/he is in __________ stage.
Editing
Pre-writing
Revising
Drafting
When the writer releases his/her written work to public to be viewed by others, s/he is in __________ stage.
Editing
Pre-writing
Revising
Publishing
When the writer checks spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammatical mistakes, s/he is in __________ stage.
Editing
Pre-writing
Revising
Publishing
When the writer writes the introduction, adds details, examples and organizes information on paper, s/he is in _____________ stage.
Revising
Pre-writing
Publishing
Drafting
_____________ comes at the end of the introduction paragraph and expresses the main idea or purposes of an essay.
Conclusion
Topic sentence
Thesis statement
Introduction
_____________ make up the main section of an essay where all key ideas and supporting detais are presented.
Body paragraphs
Transitions
Details
Supporting details
(Opasrattanakorn, 2022) is an example of a/n__________ .
in-text citation
reference
appendix
note
_____________ is when you ask somebody to check and correct your written work.
Paraphrasing
Referencing
Proof-reading
Reviewing literature
_____________ is a list of all the sources the writer has mentioned in his/her written work.
Literature review
Abstract
Acknowldgement
References
Which of the following citation styles would you use for a research paper in engineering?
Chicago
Harvard
IEEE
MLA
If you reference a single fact that suits your project from a paper when the rest of the study does not support your theory, what might you be guilty of?
Potato Peeling
Apple Bobbing
Cherry Picking
Carrot Tossing
What is the definition of a Methodology?
Select all you think are correct.
Provide (a book or article) with citations of sources of information.
A framework of how you carried out your project and how you got your results
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.
If a project is purely collecting qualitative data, how might it be conducted?
Involves interpreting raw data that you have collected from a trial – experiment based.
Looking into pre-existing ideas or theories to help answer a new question – literature review based.
Mixed-Method research – a combination of both qualitative and quantitative.
A mental assessment of the implications of a hypothesis.
