ME on Characteristics of Academic Texts

TRUE OR FALSE: CONCLUSIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR ACADEMIC TEXTS BECAUSE THEY REMIND THE READERS OF THE DISCUSSED KEY IDEAS RELATED TO THE ASSUMPTION OR THE THESIS STATEMENT.

• TRUE

• FALSE

THIS REFERS TO A STRATEGY IN ACADEMIC WRITING WHERE A WORD IS TRANSFOMED INTO A NOUN.

• Nominalization

• Passivization

THIS REFERS TO A STRATEGY IN ACADEMIC WRITING WHERE A SENTENCE IS RESTATED BY USING THE PASSIVE VOICE OF THE VERB.

• Nominalization

• Passivization

TRUE OR FALSE: USING THE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE OF THE VERB DEPENDS ON WHICH WORD IS THOUGHT TO HAVE MORE VALUE IN THE SENTENCE.

• TRUE

• FALSE

WHAT PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS USED IN A PARAGRAPH OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT IF IT DISCUSSES THE FEATURES OF A TOPIC OR PHENOMENON.

• DESCRIPTION

• SEQUENCE

• COMPARISON

• CAUSE AND EFFECT

• PROBLEM-SOLUTION

WHAT PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS USED IN A PARAGRAPH OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT IF IT DISCUSSES SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO OR MORE VARIABLES?

• DESCRIPTION

• SEQUENCE

• COMPARISON

• CAUSE AND EFFECT

• PROBLEM-SOLUTION

WHAT PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS USED IN A PARAGRAPH OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT IF IT DISCUSSES A PHENOMENON AND THE REASON FOR ITS EXISTENCE?

• DESCRIPTION

• SEQUENCE

• COMPARISON

• CAUSE AND EFFECT

• PROBLEM-SOLUTION

WHAT PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS USED IN A PARAGRAPH OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT IF IT DISCUSSES IDEAS IN NUMERICAL OR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?

• DESCRIPTION

• SEQUENCE

• COMPARISON

• CAUSE AND EFFECT

• PROBLEM-SOLUTION

THIS CHARACTERISTIC OF ACADEMIC TEXT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE SENTENCES FORMULATED SHOULD BE IMPERSONAL AND DISTANT.

• ACADEMIC TEXTS USE CAUTION

• ACADEMIC TEXTS FOLLOW A STRUCTURE FOR THEIR WORDS AND PARAGRAPH

• ACADEMIC TEXTS USE CAUTION

• ACADEMIC TEXTS USE EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

• ACADEMIC TEXTS REQUIRE OBJECTIVITY

WHICH DESCRIPTION OF ACADEMIC TEXT IS APPROPRIATE WHEN THE TEXT MAKES USE OF TRANSITIONAL DEVICES IN ORDER TO CLEARLY DIRECT READERS TO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AND AMONG THE DIFFERENT IDEAS.

• ACADEMIC TEXTS USE CAUTION

• ACADEMIC TEXTS FOLLOW A STRUCTURE FOR THEIR WORDS AND PARAGRAPH

• ACADEMIC TEXTS USE CAUTION

• ACADEMIC TEXTS USE EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

• ACADEMIC TEXTS REQUIRE OBJECTIVITY