CRWT: Nature of text

Question 1

an article that presents the
newspaper’s opinion on an issue

Answer 1

EDITORIAL

Question 2

a paper that presents the author’s interpretation, evaluation, or argument
of a topic or issue

Answer 2

RESEARCH PAPER

Question 3

an informational website run by an individual, group, or corporation that
offers regularly updated content about a topic

Answer 3

BLOG POST

Question 4

a narrative work of prose
fiction that tells a story
about specific human
experiences

Answer 4

NOVEL

Question 5

an account of an experiment and what was discovered during the experiment.

Answer 5

LAB REPORT

Question 6

a professional and formal letter used as a means of communication
between business clients,
employees, and stakeholders

Answer 6

BUSINESS LETTER

Question 7

a list of citations to books,
articles, and documents followed by a brief descriptive and
evaluative paragraph

Answer 7

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Question 8

a piece of nonfiction writing
that informs the reader about a
topic or argues a perspective

Answer 8

ESSAY

Question 9

T or F

Learning how to separate academic texts from non-
academic texts is an imperative for students as this knowledge is needed in researching, reviewing and
passing assessments

Answer 9

True

Question 10

are written by experts or scholars in a
particular field

Answer 10

ACADEMIC TEXTS

Question 11

are written by experts or scholars in a
particular field

Answer 11

ACADEMIC TEXTS

Question 12

• have undergone the peer-review process
• references are organized and compiled
• are considered as primary sources

Answer 12

ACADEMIC TEXTS

Question 13

It is designed to assess the validity, quality and often the originality of articles for publication.

Answer 13

PEER-REVIEW

Question 14

Its ultimate purpose is to maintain the integrity of science by filtering out invalid or poor quality articles

Answer 14

PEER-REVIEW

Question 15

authorship is not limited to credentials or writing ability, therefore it can be written by anyone

Answer 15

NON-ACADEMIC TEXTS

Question 16

• creativity is favored over credibility
• written for the general public
• references are not required
• are considered as secondary sources

Answer 16

NON-ACADEMIC TEXTS

Question 17

T or F
Most articles published in magazines, in
newspapers and on websites are often non-academic.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T or F
Non-academic texts might be accurate and might be useful.Since they are not reviewed, they might not be accurate or useful

Answer 18

True

Question 19

formal, impersonal, objective

Answer 19

ACADEMIC TEXT

Question 20

personal, emotional, subjective

Answer 20

NON-ACADEMIC TEXT

Question 21

T or F
Examples of academic texts: Research paper, lab report, essay

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T or F
Examples of non-academic texts: Blog post, editorial, novel, business letter

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T or F

It is always helpful to find out something about the
author of a text and to determine:
a) whether the author is qualified to write with
authority on a particular topic
b) what biases an author might bring to a text

Answer 23

True

Question 24

it is any opinion or prejudice that affects that
author’s writing and prevents the author from being completely neutral about the topic or issue about which he/she is writing

Answer 24

AUTHOR’S BIAS

Question 25

the opinion, position, or point of view of the author

Answer 25

AUTHOR’S STANCE

Question 26

it refers to who the text is aimed at

Answer 26

AUDIENCE

Question 27

the reason why the text was written, the goal
of the author

Answer 27

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE