QUIZ #1

Logical organization, precise word choice, formal tone and evidence-based

arguments are important characteristics of academic writing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In academic writing, it is necessary to use clichés and slang.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Academic writing requires precise language that clearly conveys the author’s

ideas and important concepts.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Academic writing is typically written from a first person point of view.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Proper citation of all the sources and inclusion of bibliographies are required

in academic writing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which sentence possesses COMPLEXITY?

• When it was promised that things would change in this way, the people

  in the community rejoiced.

• The people in the community greeted the promised change with

  enthusiasm.

Which sentence observes FORMALITY?

• The stranger doesn't know how to drive a fire truck.

• The stranger does not know how to drive a fire truck.

Which sentence is ACCURATE?

• That was the best practice in ancient Greece.

• That was the best practice in an obsolete Greece.

Which sentence observes OBJECTIVITY?

• Old people must be supported by the government.

• In my own point of view, old people must be supported by the

  government.

Which sentence is PRECISE?

• There were many American teachers known as Thomasites who

  visited the Philippines.

• There were 240 American teachers known as Thomasites who visited

  the Philippines.