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Academic Writing and Research Skills

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is 'academic writing'?
a)
A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments
b)
An old-fashioned way of writing
c)
How university professors write
d)
The writing you find in textbooks
2.
Complex sentences are:
a)
too long
b)
only for very complex ideas
c)
pointless
d)
used to explain a point clearly and with the appropriate amount of detail
3.
For in-text citation, if the source does not have a date or year, what should be noted?
a)
Write "no date available" besides the author
b)
Write (n.d.)
c)
Write an estimated year.
d)
Write the time you accessed the source.
4.

The purpose of an introduction is:

a)

to give your aims and methods

b)

to excite the reader

c)

to summarise your ideas

5.
What should you avoid in academic writing?
a)
objectivity
b)
formal terms
c)
vague terms
d)
punctuation
6.
How do you arrange the sources in the reference page?
a)
Thematically.
b)
Alphabetically.
c)
Chronologically.
d)
Orderly manner.
7.

What is citing?

a)

Giving credit for a resource used

b)

Touring a city

c)

Using someone else work as your own

d)

Using a database for research

8.

What is the risk of taking a position before doing research?

a)

biased research of information which does not support the position

b)

biased research of information which completely supports the position

c)

professional research of information which only supports the position

d)

biased research of information which only supports the position

9.

Which of the following is a research tool?

a)

Graph

b)

Illustration

c)

Questionnarre

d)

Diagram

10.

This refers to a particular procedure or set of procedures applied in conducting a research or study.

a)

Introduction

b)

Review of Related Literature

c)

Methodology

d)

Findings, Results and Recommendations

11.

Using someone else's work to help you without their permission is:

a)

Plagiarism

b)

Periodical

c)

Research

d)

Sight

12.

Which style is used for education?

a)

APA

b)

IEEE

c)

MLA

d)

Chicago

13.

How can one improve their academic writing skills?

a)

By avoiding reading academic papers

b)

By practicing regularly, seeking feedback, reading academic papers, and learning to properly cite sources.

c)

By watching TV and movies

d)

By never seeking feedback

14.

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

15.

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

16.

Plagiarism is:

a)

a dangerous disease

b)

an academic offense

c)

an academic website

17.

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.

18.

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

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.

19.

What part of academic writing does the student restate the purpose of his paper to summarize it for the audience?

a)

Introduction

b)

Body

c)

Topic Sentence

d)

Conclusion

20.

What part of academic writing does the student state the thesis statement?

a)

Introduction

b)

Body

c)

Topic Sentence

d)

Conclusion