Formative Assessment

A formal mode of writing intended for an educated audience is called ___________________

• Academic Writing

• Academic Researching

Academic writing is generally written in ___________________ person.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

Academic writing should be clear, concise, focused, structured and backed up by ____________________.

• Research

• Evidence

Academic writing is relatively formal. This means that you should avoid ______________ words and expressions.

• Colloquial

• Formal

Written language is in general objective rather than __________________

• Summative

• Personal

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 an 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.