Academic Texts

What are the purposes of Academic Texts?

• To entertain

  To boost emotion

  To lie

• To inform

  To argue

  To brainwash

• To persuade

  To entertain

  To illustrate

• To inform

  To persuade

  To argue

What kind of language are used in Academic Texts?

• Jargon

• Hafalutin

• Layman

• Colloquial

For an Academic Text to be formal, author should use expanded form of words rather than contracted.

• True

• False

We can say that an Academic Text is objective, when it avoid using personal pronouns.

• True

• False

Prepositions are used in connecting two or more ideas for an Academic Text to be explicit.

• True

• False

Being cautious about the Academic Text being written means avoiding hasty generalizations.

• True

• False

A Writing style in which the author exposes the topic by providing facts to explain it.

• Expository Writing

• Narrative Writing

• Descriptive Writing

• Persuasive Writing

Writing style that becomes more effective with the use of sensory images.

• Narrative Writing

• Expository Writing

• Descriptive Writing

• Persuasive Writing

Writing style where the author tells a story.

• Narrative Writing

• Descriptive Writing

• Expository Writing

• Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Writing is also known as _________.

• Informative Writing

• Argumentative Writing

• Descriptive Writing

• Narrative Writing