This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Writing Structure – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Writing Structure Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the rhetorical patterns in writing academic texts? A) Descriptive, analytical, persuasive, and critical. B) Describing, rhetoric, digital, and critical. C) Descriptive, analytical, persuasive, and creative. D) Descriptive, analytical, personal, and critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Descriptive, analytical, persuasive, and critical. 2. The pyramid structure generally moves from: A) Results to introduction. B) Broad ideas to specific focus. C) Specific to general. D) Opinion to fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broad ideas to specific focus. 3. The most basic of all types of academic writing. A) Critical. B) Descriptive. C) Persuasive. D) Analytical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptive. 4. What resources can help improve academic writing skills? A) Writing centers and online guides. B) Social media platforms. C) Random internet articles. D) Personal blogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing centers and online guides. 5. Academic writing is: A) The process of breaking down ideas. B) About what you think and what evidence has contributed to that thinking. C) Using deductive reasoning, formal voice, and third person point-of-view. D) All of the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers are correct. 6. Teachers complain most about students: A) Not answering the question given. B) Not writing enough. C) Not referencing properly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not answering the question given. 7. Technicality in academic language refers to: A) Storytelling techniques. B) Use of complex sentence structures only. C) Use of discipline-specific terms and formats. D) Personal writing style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of discipline-specific terms and formats. 8. The First-Then-Finally technique emphasizes: A) Supporting details. B) Arguments. C) Opinions. D) Sequence of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sequence of events. 9. You can list your main ideas in any order in the body of the essay. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. What is essential for maintaining flow in writing? A) Using complex vocabulary. B) Avoiding any structure. C) Writing in long sentences. D) Effective transitions between paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effective transitions between paragraphs. 11. If you are only citing one author for the duration of an essay, what goes in the FIRST citation you use? A) (page, Last Name). B) (page). C) (Last name, page). D) (Last name page). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (Last name page). 12. As long as you know your tutor, you don't need to use a formal style of writing. It's good to be friendly! A) Some tutors like you to be formal but some don't mind as long as you do the work. B) Formal English is too old-fashioned these days. C) You only need to be formal in exams, not regular coursework. D) It's good to be friendly but always use formal English when you write assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's good to be friendly but always use formal English when you write assignments. 13. Which research study design follows a group of individuals over time to observe specific characteristics? A) Natural study. B) Case study. C) Retrospective study. D) Cohort study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cohort study. 14. What are the three steps to avoid plagiarism. A) Use synonymsChange the StructureKeep the Main Idea. B) Use synonymsCopy the structureKeep the Main Idea. C) Use synonyms Change the structure Change the main idea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use synonymsChange the StructureKeep the Main Idea. 15. What is the LAST part of an introductory paragraph? A) Hook. B) Overview. C) Thesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thesis. 16. Inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, etc. A) Source material. B) Research. C) Cite. D) Quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research. 17. Which words can help you identify sentences that need to have parallel structure? A) Subjects and verbs. B) Conjunctions in lists and comparison words. C) Objects and prepositions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunctions in lists and comparison words. 18. Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) A) Assess. B) Require. C) Establish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assess. 19. Definition of Argumentative or Persuasive A) To give an account or tell the story of something, someone, or an event. Use time order to organize sentences. B) To induce readers to believe in writer's opinions or views through appealing reasons. To convince readers. C) To give an account or tell the story of something, someone, or an event. Use time order to organize sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To induce readers to believe in writer's opinions or views through appealing reasons. To convince readers. 20. IMRAD stands for: A) Introduction, Method, Results, Analysis, Discussion. B) Idea, Method, Review, Argument, Data. C) Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. D) Information, Method, Review, Discussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. 21. What should a conclusion do? A) Provide a detailed analysis of each paragraph. B) Summarize main points and reinforce the thesis. C) Introduce new arguments. D) Leave the reader confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summarize main points and reinforce the thesis. 22. What should always be in the last or second to last sentence of your introduction? A) The reasons to support your idea. B) The main idea. C) The thesis statement. D) The title. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thesis statement. 23. Acknowledgements are generally used: A) To admit possible errors. B) To suggest more research. C) To thank people who helped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To thank people who helped. 24. Which of the following is a key characteristic of academic writing? A) Informal language and slang. B) Subjective opinions and personal anecdotes. C) Objective tone and formal language. D) Emotional appeals and persuasive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Objective tone and formal language. 25. What does the second E in the TEEC paragraph structure stand for? A) Expression. B) Evidence. C) Explanation. D) Ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 26. Which example best shows technical academic language? A) Plants make food using sunlight. B) Photosynthesis allows plants to eat. C) Photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy. D) Plants love sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy. 27. Which word means 'to repeat for emphasis'? A) Reiterate. B) Posit. C) Expound. D) Summarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reiterate. 28. 'Progress' and 'research' are both nouns. What kind of noun? A) Countable. B) Uncountable. C) Proper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncountable. 29. Choose which describe Narration? A) It tells how something looks, feels, smells, tastes, and/or sounds. A good description is a word picture, the reader can imagine the object. B) To induce readers to believe in writer's opinions or views through appealing reasons. To convince readers. C) To give an account or tell the story of something, someone, or an event. Use time order to organize sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give an account or tell the story of something, someone, or an event. Use time order to organize sentences. 30. The "what/who" and "why/how" of a body paragraph should be located in the: A) Claim-Evidence-Explanation #2. B) Topic sentence. C) Thesis statement. D) Claim-Evidence-Explanation #1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topic sentence. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAcademic Writing Structure Quiz 1Academic Writing Structure Quiz 2Academic Writing Structure Quiz 3Academic Writing Structure Quiz 4Academic Writing Structure Quiz 5Academic Writing Structure Quiz 6Academic Writing Structure Quiz 7Academic Writing Structure Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books