EAPP - QUIZ #2

Question 1

Is a building or the framework

Answer 1

Structure

Question 2

ARE FORMAL WRITTEN MATERIALS THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND/OR PROFESSIONAL OPINION RELATED TO SPECIFIC DISCIPLINE OR PROFESSION.

Answer 2

Academic text

Question 3

ARE WRITTEN FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCE OR PERSONS SPECIALIZING IN A SPECIFIC FIELD. YOU CAN SENSE THE FORMALITY IN THEIR TONE BECAUSE THEY EXPRESS THOUGHT ON A SERIOUS SUBJECT MATTER USING COMPLEX SENTENCES, AND TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC LANGUAGE.

Answer 3

Academic text

Question 4

ARE WRITTEN WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND GENERAL READERS AS TARGET AUDIENCE. YOU CAN SENSE THE INFORMALITY IN THE TONE BECAUSE THE CONTENT IS CONVERSATIONAL AND IS EXPRESSED USING SIMPLE AND COMPOUND SENTENCES JOINED BY CONJUNCTIONS LIKE ‘AND’ AND ‘BUT’.

Answer 4

Non-academic texts

Question 5

Examples of academic text:

Answer 5

Articles, Conference papers, reviews, theses and dissertations.

Question 6

The writer presents a ______ (or main idea), which is his/her position on a certain subject, then proceeds by giving supporting details that supports the main idea

Answer 6

Thesis

Question 7

Parts of the thesis/argumentative structure.

Answer 7

Introduction, Major details, Minor details and conclusion.

Question 8

the writer presents the problem and lists possible solutions to the problem. An example of this structure is the scientific method. The scientific method is defined as “a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments.”

Answer 8

Problem solution structure

Question 9

The writer presents the: who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event. Examples of factual reports are narratives and newspaper articles.

Answer 9

Factual report structure

Question 10

is often used to determine the essential ideas in book, article, book chapter, an article or parts of an article.

Answer 10

Summarizing

Question 11

Why is summarising important?

Answer 11

Deepen your understanding of the text

learn to identify relevant information or key ideas.

combine details or examples that support the main ideas

concentrate on the gist or main idea and keywords presented in the text

capture the key ideas in the text and put them together clearly and concisely

Question 12

What are the formats in summarising?

Answer 12

Idea heading format, Author heading format and Date heading format

Question 13

summarized idea comes before the citation

Answer 13

Idea heading format

Question 14

the summarized idea comes after the citation. The author’s name/s is/are connected by an appropriate reporting verb.

Answer 14

Author heading format

Question 15

the summarized idea comes after the date when the material was published

Answer 15

Data heading format