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WorksheetsRT Academic Writing
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
How is an academic text different than a non-academic one? What is the defining characteristic of academic texts?
Academic texts are explanatory.
Academic texts are peer-reviewed.
Academic texts are written to be boring.
Academic texts are written for academia.
Which one is not a type of academic text?
Thesis/dissertation
Journal article
Annotated bibliography
Research proposal
All of them are types of academic texts
Which one IS a type of academic text?
Literature review
Call for papers
Chapter in an edited book
Monograph
All of them
Academic writing can be many things, but it is not necessarily...
Structured
Precise
Formal
Written in third-person perspective
Critical
What kind of writing technique is not typical in (good) academic writing?
Active voice
Abbreviations
Choppiness
Hedging
What other features do academic texts have?
Which sentence below has the best choice of vocabulary?
A: The demand for highly productive agricultural lands creates challenges for the preservation of natural habitats and native biodiversity.
B: The demand for fecund pastures and arable lands creates challenges for the preservation of natural habitats and autochthonous biodiversity.
A
B
They both look perfect to me
None
Which sentence is more suitable for an academic text?
A: There are many things that set the Sagrada Familia apart from other buildings that were constructed during the same period.
B: There are many architectural features that set the Sagrada Familia apart from other buildings that were constructed during the same period.
A
B
Both are perfect
Both are terrible
If you chose B in the previous question, what was the problem with the other one?
Which one is not typically found in an academic text?
Abstract
Footnotes
Frontispiece
Abbreviations
Table of contents
Which one does not refer to a section that can be found in an academic text?
Ludography
Filmography
Bibliography
Historiography
All of them do
What should you not cite in your academic writing?
A YouTube video
A tweet (or whatever it is called these days)
A Wikipedia article
An online review of a book, movie, game, etc. (such as an IMDb review)
Why should you not cite that?
When should you cite a source?
When you are not sure if an information you mention is common knowledge or not
When you are not sure if the part of writing is a generalization or not
When you are not sure if a term you are using has a specific meaning in a specific source
When you are using someone else's research/analysis methodology
What can be considered an efficient strategy to avoid (unintentional) plagariasm?
Replacing each word of the quote with a synonym
Using indirect quotations only
Using direct quotations only
Starting your writing project with the Works Cited section, ideally with annotated references
Keeping track of your sources, ideally with a reference management tool
