EAPP FIRST QUIZ

Academic text can be written by professionals in the given field.

• True

• False

Academic Text is well-edited and often takes years to publish.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The main goal of non-academic text is to advance human understanding in a particular discipline.

• True

• False

Non-academic text uses formal language.

• True

• False

Academic-text often doesn’t involve research or sources.

• True

• False

Examples of Non-Academic Texts are the following:

• School books and textbooks

  Journal articles

  Research proposals and papers

  Some newspapers and magazine articles

  Thesis and dissertations

• Blog posts

  Fiction books

  Letters

  Personal journals and diaries

The main goal of non-academic text is to _________.

• Give information and to impart knowledge

• To entertain

• The first two choices are correct

• None of the choices

The main goal of academic text is to _________.

• To entertain the reader

• To give information and to impart knowledge

• To pursuade

• None of the above

Objective in Nature means

• Making an unbiased and balanced observation based on facts which can be verified

• Based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on facts.

• Based on real events and real situations

• None of the above

Subjective in nature means

• Based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on facts.

• Making an unbiased, balanced observation based on facts which can be verified.

• Based on real events and real situations

• True to life stories