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1. Which of the following are NOT used in academic writing?
a. credible sources
b. facts
c. gossips
d. research findings
2. Which of the choices describe academic writing?
a. informal
b. subjective/personal
c. objective
d. general or broad
3. Which of the given sentences is written formally?
a. The writer's sources aren't credible, are they?
b. The writer believes the sources are kinda iffy.
c. The writer shall interview psychologists.
d. The writer wanna look for other respondents.
4. Choose from the given options the correctly written sentence.
a. Ann will arrive at the airport at 9 o'clock tonight.
b. Dan and Tess cooked Ann's favorite dish tomorrow.
c. Dan and Tess will be excited to see Anton yesterday.
d. Dan and Tess awaits the homecoming of their son Anton.
5. Which of the following is NOT an example of academic writing?
a. literature review
b. short stories
c. research paper/proposals
d. scholarly essay
6. Of the given titles below, which do you think involves an objective/impersonal and formal type of writing.
a. A Voyage to Dreamlandia
b. My Collection of Bible Passages
c. Personal Memoirs of War in Marawi
d. Causes of Stress at Work
"The researchers distributed to 100 respondents a questionnaire that asked about lots of stuffs or thingies concerning absenteeism in class." This sentence is NOT ACADEMIC because ______,
a. It uses contractions.
b. It is not specific.
c. It uses slang or colloquial words.
d. It uses tag questions.
8. A business or formal letter should be written in a casual or informal tone.
9. Academic writing observes accuracy by providing exact information, dates, and/or numbers.
10. The purpose of academic writing is to give entertainment to the readers.