Academic Writing Quiz

The main difference between academic writing and other writing is that academic writing:

• uses longer words

• tries to be precise and unbiased

• is harder to understand

The best time to write an introduction is often:

• first

• last

• after writing the main body

The purpose of an introduction is:

• to give your aims and methods

• to excite the reader

• to summarise your ideas

Making careful notes is essential for:

• writing essays

• revising for exams

• all academic work

An in-text citation looks like:

• (Manton, 2008)

• (Richard Manton, 2008)

• (Manton, R. 2008)

Paraphrasing a text means:

• making it shorter

• changing a lot of the vocabulary

• adding more detail

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

This punctuation mark (') is called:

• comma

• colon

• apostrophe

'Progress' and 'research' are both nouns. What kind of noun?

• countable

• uncountable

• proper