The following are features of academic writing except for one.

This academic writing feature avoids the use of personal pronouns 'I and 'we. 

Academic writing communicates exact meaning. 

The following are suggestions to achieve formality except for one.

Academic writing expresses caution and avoids strong, sweeping statements that may quickly be disproven.

Provide clear details on your work to avoid ambiguity.

This type of communication refers to our use of words or language.

This type of communication refers to the use of tone of voice, facial expressions, etc. 

It is an exchange of ideas and opinions through questions and answers to gather information or to solve problems.

It is an informal, casual, less intimate, and less serious exchange of ideas, thoughts, opinions, and feelings using verbal and non-verbal messages.

It involves two active participants in a face-to-face encounter – the sender and the receiver of the message.

Which of the following communication strategies should be used when a topic should be avoided?

You need a specific information from your friend. Which communication strategy should be used?

You unintentionally mentioned something that upset your friend and you want to apologize.

Ai Ai delas Alas was declared persona non grata for impersonating Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte.

Edited pictures of a famous celebrity circulated online.

A headline about a devastating typhoon is put on an advertisement video.

President Duterte was reported to be dead when he was attending to an important function.

Verify the information you already know against the information found in the source.

Make sure the source is written by a trustworthy author and/or institution.

Valentina envies Narda and never appreciates what is her own; she torments her and becomes the cause of most of her misfortunes.

A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her chest as a punishment for adultery.

In Castaway, Chuck Nolan argues with his volleyball Wilson, the only one he could talk to.

Oedipus Rex faces the curse of a prophecy that caused him to kill his father and marry his mother.

In The Giver, Jonas reveals an advanced level of technology that controls the people of the society.  

In the Old Man and the Sea, an aging Cuban fisherman struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.

Which of the following can be an example of local color?

Which of the following can be a local color in setting?

"She loves the starry and clear skies over the lush fields."

"Her nails were long, but they were not painted. She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom."

May refer to how a remarkable thing happens in a mundane day on a region or district.

The speaker in this type of literature is an educated observer native in that region or district, channeling among the rural folk of the tale and the urban readers.

It refers to the adaptation of literary works to local cultures.

This considers a specific resource or product to adjust to the demands of one locale.

This considers the adaptation of a specific resource to fit the demands of multiple cultures.

This considers both global and local issues in contemporary political, social and economic systems. 

Which of the following best explains what an informative essay is?

This part of the essay restates the topic sentence.

This is the part of the essay that expounds the topic sentence. 

This is the part of the essay that contains the topic sentence.