Review week 1 and 2

What can you find in formal writing?

• slang

• abbreviations

• colloquialisms

• impersonal writing

True or false?

You should use personal pronouns in your writing.

• true

• false

Which sentence is not a sweeping statement?

• The only way to improve in English is to learn every single grammar rule

• Smith (2018) proves that China will …

• Consumers are demanding to be more connected…

• The evidence suggest that there is a correlation ...

What is hedging in academic writing?

• Another word for overgeneralising.

• The English used in academic, professional and technical contexts that is characterized by its high level and often discipline-specific vocabulary and rhetorical styles.

• It means being cautious in your writing.

• A type of investment that is intended to reduce the risk of the effect of adverse price movements in an asset.

What is good practice in formal writing?

• being objective

• asking (rhetorical) questions

• using lots of adjectives

• not writing numbers out in full

What do you not often find in an academic paragraph?

• topic sentence

• supporting sentences

• concluding sentence

• bulletpoints

The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing ...

• uses longer words

• tries to be precise and unbiases

• is harder to understand

• written in passive tense

What are the implications in a problem-solution essay?

• The (possible) effects of a solution

• How to solve a problem

• How good the solution is

• what the effect is of a problem

Identify the instruction verb(s) in the following essay question:

Developing countries must be responsible for reducing their carbon emissions. Discuss.

• developing countries

• must be responsible

• reduce carbon emissions

• discuss

Identify the limitation(s) in the following essay question:

To what extent is gender inequality evident in the business workplace in the UK?

• To what extent

• gender inequality

• evident

• in the business workplace in the UK