Academic Writing Trivia

The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing: ....

• uses longer words

• tries to be precise and unbiased

• is harder to understand

Plagiarism is .....

• a dangerous disease

• an academic offence

• an academic website

An in-text citation looks like:

• (Manton, 2008)

• (Richard Manton, 2008)

• (Manton, R. 2008)

Paraphrasing a text means: ....

• making it shorter

• adding more detail

• changing a lot of vocabulary

Paragraphs always contain:...

• six or more sentences

• an example

• a topic sentence

What should you avoid in formal academic writing?

• Slang

• Data

• References

Which element is crucial for structuring and academic essay?

• Footnote

• Thesis statement

• Caption

Which of the following is not considered as academic text?

• Newspaper articles

• Dissertation

• Research articles

APA citation is commonly used in...

• humanities - literatures, philosophy, languages

• social sciences - education, psychology, business

• technical fields - engineering, computer science

What does a 'coherence' mean?

• The writing contains a lot of complex words and technical jargon.

• The ideas in the writing follow one main idea.

• Different part of the writing are clearly connected, using tools like transition signals.