Diagnostic Examination in English

Which of the following statements below best defines academic writing?

• It is an old-fashioned way of writing.

• The way people write in an academe.

• A technique to write a balanced, accurate, and professional assignments produces by students.

• The paraphrasing of literatures from different studies.

What do you call the type of texts written by professionals which use a formal language?

• Academic Texts

• Creative Non-fiction

• Literary Analysis

• Non-academic Texts

What stylistic element that includes providing a list of references as either footnotes or endnotes that is a very important aspect of an academic text?

• Complexity

• Language

• Tone

• Citation

Which of the following is NOT a basic rule in summarizing?

• Erase things that don't matter.

• Use your own words to write the summary.

• Trade general terms for specific names.

• Include all words that repeat.

Where should a thesis statement appear?

• first paragraph at the end part

• last paragraph

• anywhere in the essay

• the first sentence of every paragraph

Which type of thesis statement states a concession to opposing viewpoint and states the reasons/ arguments for the writer's main idea?

• Thesis statement with concession

• Thesis statement with reason

• Thesis statement with reason and concession

• Thesis statement with definition

One of the strengths of Feminist Criticism is ___________.

• it only examines one element of the text

• it examines how women and men are represented

• it ignores the author's intentions

• it divorces literature from its larger cultural context

Reader Response Theory includes the belief that ______________________________.

• interpretation changes each time that the text is read the text due to experiences

• interpretation depends on the structure of the text

• meaning is in the text itself

• meaning is not emotionally charged

Marxist Criticism is not only a mirror which reflects society but is also a _________.

• look into how genders react to each other

• dynamic participant in the shaping of culture

• examination of the elements of the plot

• a neutral or unemotional process

Formalist Criticism studies all of the following elements except for ________________.

• reader's emotions

• settings

• character development

• character's motivations