Writing Standards

Plagiarism is:

• a dangerous disease

• an academic offence

• an academic website

Paragraphs always contain:

• six or more sentences

• an example

• a topic sentence

Proofreading means:

• getting a friend to check your work

• checking for minor errors

• rewriting

Choose three words to describe academic writing:

• Talented, stylish, inspiring
• Precise, clear, objective
• Decisive, divisive, derisive
• Subjective, obscure, vague

Briefly retelling the main ideas of a piece of writing in your own words is?

• primary source
• relevant
• secondary source
• summarizing

Which of the following are usually NOT acceptable in academic writing? Select all that apply.

• signposting expressions

• question forms

• contractions

• colloquial vocabulary

• tentative language

"A collaborative global campaign of vaccination effectively got rid of smallpox by 1980." Which word or phrase is unsuitable?

• small pox

• vaccination

• got rid of

• collaborative

Paragraphs always contain:

• six or more sentences

• an example

• a topic sentence

What does it mean to write academically?

• To write in order to pass final exams
• To write paper for scholars
• To write using proper English language
• To avoid copy pasting from the Internet

Who are the target readers of an academic essay?

• Parents, workers, teachers

• Teachers, students, academic community

• Students, out-of-school youth, government officials

• None of the above