Academic Writing Quiz
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- Q 1/12Score 0The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:29uses longer wordstries to be precise and unbiasedis harder to understand
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- Q1The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:uses longer wordstries to be precise and unbiasedis harder to understand30s
- Q2The difference between a project and an essay is:projects are longerstudents choose projects’ topicsessays are longer30s
- Q3Teachers complain most about students:not referencing properlynot writing enoughnot answering the question given30s
- Q4The best time to write an introduction is often:firstlastafter writing the main body30s
- Q5Plagiarism is:a dangerous diseasean academic offencean academic website30s
- Q6Making careful notes is essential for:all academic workwriting essaysrevising for exams30s
- Q7An in-text citation looks like:(Manton, 2008)(Manton, R. 2008)(Richard Manton, 2008)30s
- Q8Paraphrasing a text means:changing a lot of the vocabularymaking it shorteradding more detail30s
- Q9Paragraphs always contain:an examplesix or more sentencesa topic sentence30s
- Q10The purpose of an introduction is:to give your aims and methodsto excite the readerto summarise your ideas30s
- Q11Proofreading means:rewritinggetting a friend to check your workchecking for minor errors30s
- Q12Teachers expect students to adopt a critical approach to their sources:alwaysonly for Master’s worksometimes30s
